I know some of those holidays are long over, but all have passed since the last time I posted. I hope they were pleasant for everyone! The reason it’s taken me so long to post is that things have gotten incredibly busy, plus it’s SO DIFFICULT to upload pictures onto Facebook with our internet connection here. Not to mention the fact that I’ve been on vacation in Peru for the last two weeks!...
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It’s been over a month since I’ve written and I have much to share so I’ll get right to it! Cory, John, and Doug left a few weeks ago. It felt weird without them here at first, but I definitely felt confident and ready to use what they taught me and develop my own teaching style. A few weekends ago we had a “meet-the-teacher” event for the high school (colegio) students, and I got to...
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Ok, I know the title of this post is slightly deceiving because there aren’t actually any pictures on this page, but that’s because with Google Blogger I can only upload one picture at a time, and with the internet here it takes about 4 minutes per picture. So, since it is MUCH easier to upload pictures onto Facebook, I’ve included at the end of this paragraph the public link to my album that...
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Welcome back! I wanted to post last weekend after the first week of classes, but my head was still spinning from everything that was happening so that wasn’t going to happen… These past few weeks have been very eye-opening and eventful, and I have to admit that after my first day of classes I didn’t know how I was going to make it through the year. But, I can definitely say now that...
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¡Buenos días! I’ve finally settled into my new home at the Working Boys’ Center in Quito, Ecuador! So much has happened in the past eleven days that I feel like I’ve already been here for at least a month… (in other words, this post is long so you might want to settle in with some fuzzy slippers and a cup of coffee). After two flights and a six-hour layover in Guayaquil, Joe (fellow...
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