Testing...Testing...1...2...3

It is finally test time for the first group of students in the Pursuit of Happiness English Institute.  I am so excited to see these students move on to the next level and to start with another group of new students.  I have learned a lot about teaching and I have made some great friendships with my students.  Chris and I have also learned about what not to do!  Our next session will be great!

Here is the group hard at work on the written portion of the test.

Here is Chris giving the oral portion...one on one...with every student...we are going to be here for a while!

What am I missing while down here?  You might think it would be the Husker games...NOT!!!  Thanks to my friend Jack, I have the ability to watch the Huskers play over the internet.  He has a slingbox...our internet is not that great down here...no high definition images on the wall up there, but we can at least see and hear what is going on in Husker Nation.  Definitely helps with our growing Nebraska contingent down here.  Brian Smith from Omaha and the group Omaha Rapid Response has moved down here with his wife and three teenage kids.  Here are some of us watching the Huskers get beat.  Darn it...we had a better time watching the next week!

Yard project...Putting down some pavers where the swing goes...it is done now...thanks Beaver!  Maybe I can put up another picture...but I am blogging from class right now while the students are working on their exams.  Here is a shot of the project in its early stages.

On a sad note, a good friend of mind lost her only son a little over a week ago.  She is 20 years old and he was the only family she had.  I had got to know her because she works for Kathy helping her prepare the Jubilee art for shipment to the US.  She speaks English very well and once in a while she works as a translator for us.  I would like to help her and I invite others to help also.  She dropped out of school when her son was born so that she could take care of him.  I asked her about finishing school and she said that she would love to if she could afford it.  I am setting up a scholarship fund for her.  Let me know if you would like to help.

Taking the good times with the bad.  Living life.  Enjoying the company of good friends.  Meeting many new friends.  Again, I thank all of you that make this life possible.