Second Week In

This second week at NCA has been going much faster than the first! Monday and Tuesday I taught Bible again and the lessons went very well. I was especially pleased with Tuesdays lesson. I had the students act out scenarios based on the Beatitudes and they loved it. Some of the groups got into it and were very dramatic. It was fun to see the students showing their personalities. Today I did not have to teach Bible, so I spent all day planning lessons. I am trying to get ahead in my lesson planning so that when I am full time I will not be as swamped.

Tuesday afternoon I went to a free Spanish class at the school. It is interesting learning Spanish after learning French for so long. I was amazed at how much I could figure out just from knowing French. There are a lot of grammatical similarities between French and Spanish. I am excited to continue with the class and hopefully improve my Spanish skills.

Today I went for a jog on the road in the compound. There are some horses, goats and ducks in the compound which can sometimes present interesting situations. For example, today one of the workers was leading a goat down the road because it had been tethered somewhere. A little dog was running around and it came up to the goat and scared it. The worker tried to gain control of the goat, but the goat ran around the tree and he dropped the rope. Everyone went running after the dog and the goat. Luckily they couldn't run too far because there was a wall close by. It made me laugh.

One more funny story. The other day on the way to school we saw a man walking on the side of the road and he had a ton of oranges stuffed in his shirt. He was also carrying 2 bags full of them. If there is a will, there is a way. Who would have thought that a shirt could be used to carry things? Only in Nicaragua. :)

The picture is of the big beautiful tree infront of th school. I secretly would love to climb it, but I am not sure the guards or the administration would allow that. Too Bad.

The second picture is my transportation too and from school everyday.