Today I woke up feeling sick. L I’ve had a cold for the past few days, which is not fun to deal with. I can’t breath. T let me sleep in an extra hour or so while she got up and RAN out in the heat! I have not adjusted to time here at all, which is funny because I was fine in London, which is only an hour behind!. Everyone goes to bed early and wakes up early here, and if you know me, you know I like to stay up late. Well, I didn’t fall asleep until almost 2:00, so 6:30 came a BIT too early! I just can’t fall asleep at night! And when I wake up in the morning, I’m always stuck in my mosquito netting somehow….By 15:30 I’m usually ready for a nap though…today was the first day I didn’t take a nap! Hopefully that’ll help with the sleep. Today was another planning day. We had to run some copies, but more importantly, reconfigure the schedule, which took most of the day. It’s difficult to plan around everyone’s lives, especially since we’re implementing a new program and don’t want to overwhelm them. The seminary students at the LCCA (Lutheran Church of Central Africa) graduate in May after 6 years of study: three at the Bible Institute in Malawi and three at the seminary in Zambia. So, coming in to this at the very end of the program is a big adjustment for them, but they are willing to learn! We also did some research and prep for teaching ESL, as we begin our program on Monday! Preschool was once again on the agenda for the afternoon, but today we just helped out instead of leading like yesterday. Preschool is just two hours long, and at 15:00, we get to play kickball with the little ones! They are so adorable! I think that by the end of the experience I will want to adopt an African child….T and I are excited to begin teaching! Monday is coming oh-so-ever closer! One of the D’s talked us through what she had done with the ladies in the past two years with ESL so we knew where to go off from. It is going to be a big endeavor with a lot of differentiation all around! D&D go on date night every Thursday and they said the only thing to do in town is see a movie, so they invited us to bum along. Debonair’s pizza and “Burlesque” were on the docket for tonight; D&D had seen Burlesque and told us we had to see it. For about $3, it was a good deal! We felt like we were back in Milwaukee while we were in the theatre; it was nicer than the Budget or the Cheap Seats at home! We also changed money. I felt RICH holding onto 1,000,000 of anything, even if it was just Kwacha! (about $200) On the way home, one of the D’s was driving and we had a bit of an adventure as we may or may not have bumped another car—I don’t know! But everyone was fine. J Just another piece of the adventure. I don’t know if I’ll get used to the driving on the left. We were a bit lazy tonight, so we popped in “Emperor’s New Groove” while catching up on journaling, blogging, and making our game plan for tomorrow. Off to bed and looking forward to another gorgeous day. Today was day four and we’re in the wet season; so far it has only rained for 15 minutes tops! Glad to be out of the snow that is back home!
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