The Teacher

So we now have a Spanish tutor. Yea! Best of all, she comes to our house at a time that is convenient for us for three days per week. The "class" is technically for one hour, but being in Honduras, and since she is a lady from the chapel that we know, sometimes she stays longer or has a meal with us (that's extra practice for us!).

Today I noticed something interesting. But first you must know some background info about Alesha and myself. --- Alesha (and Glory) are simply better at understanding (sometimes via guessing) what is being said. Alesha is better at pronunciation. Alesha is also an "A" student. Taylor does a better job of correctly conjugating verbs. Taylor is a "B-C" student. ---

Now on to my story:
Our classes begin by reading. We each have different books to reads. I read out loud, while Martha (our instructor) corrects my pronunciation. When I am done, Alesha starts to read her book and I begin to review what I read, looking for words and expressions that I do not understand. Then I review my words with Martha and write a sentence using those words. Alesha does the same with her own set of words.

Today, while reviewing my words with Martha, Alesha was listening in and as Martha was explaining a Spanish meaning in Spanish I found that Martha was not looking at me, but rather looking at and talking to Alesha! *sigh* Well, I certainly could have been irritated, but instead I found the whole episode humorous. Afterall, I like talking to and looking at Alesha too! ;-)

Enjoy!
Taylor

Semana Santa - the condensed version

Left our house at the camp in Valle on Friday.

Returned on Saturday to help clean up the camp grounds.

Sunday thru Wednesday in Tegucigalpa working and getting eaten by mosquitoes.

Thursday return to Valle, but we decided to stay in a hotel in town. That was way fun!

Sunday return to the camp.

Sunday thru Tuesday sleep and recuperate...and pretend not to be sick.


Enjoy!
Taylor

And our next attraction is...

...is our American Family exhibit. Ahhh, and you are in for a special treat folks, for look! They have their curtains open and we can take a peek. Please don't tap on the glass or you may startle them.

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Enjoy!
Taylor

Nate's New Whachimacallit

Ok, so maybe it wouldn't sell too well in the States, but Nate thinks it's great fun. This Whachimacallit is brought to you by whoever left the swim trunks in the lost and found, whoever cut the top off the 5 gallon bucket, and by my parents, who raised a decent scavenger, if I do say so myself. ;)

Learning

Just a couple of things to update what's been going on with us...Glory is back home for school, and we are all enjoying having her back. We feel like it was a REALLY good icebreaker to have her go to the neighboring school for a few weeks, but since most of the classes are in English, she was learning frustratingly little (except during recess, which she is still encouraged to attend). Since one-on-one (or in our case one-on-two) instruction can be much more efficient, it doesn't take us near the 6 hrs. she was in school in the public school. This leaves time for going to the neighbors and learning to make donuts. :D