And all the little animals said...BE QUIET!!!

So I've been here almost three months and I've pretty much settled in.  Wanna know how I know? Because I've named the roosters.  There's High, Low, and Long (they are named after their crows, that's right, I can tell them apart from each other...).
A few nights ago, I say night, but really it was about 2 am. I was laying awake regretting the fact that I had fallen asleep earlier in the afternoon and suddenly I hear Low rooster start calling. My first thought was "Where are the other two?" Not "Annoying" or "Seriously?", but "Where are the other two?"  That's when I realized just how settled in I was.  You see, the three roosters almost always go in the same order: High, Low, Long. I know this because I hear them all the time. This particular night, apparently Low was bored.  He kept calling and calling until High and Long finally answered, along with about four of the neighborhood dogs.  As a group they all yelled at him until he finally quit, at which point the whole neighborhood became almost instantly quiet. It was really amusing, actually.
So, I'm enjoying teaching Kinder.  It's quiet an adventure, but I'm enjoying it. My kids are quite a bunch of personalities, but they love me, and that's good. I had to leave for two hours on Thursday to go to the immigration office and you would have thought I was gone for a week based on the hugs they gave me when I got back. Happiness.  Also, they seem to have gotten the hang of taking themselves to the bathroom in all circumstances, which is definitely a plus. :) I'm also getting enough into the swing of things to write a theme unit, rather than going straight from the book.  That's a lot of work, but I think it's going well. (If anyone has some National Geographic I could cut pictures of houses out of for next year, I would love to take them off your hands). We just finished the Goldilocks and the Three Bears where we actually made porridge, and now we are about to start the Three Little Pigs (shout out to a certain Brewer and Eva who I wish could come tell the story with me).

I think I've about got myself settled in a church, which pretty much means I've been four times to the same church and I like it.  It's all in Spanish, but the more I listen to it, the more I understand.  It helps that the songs are often Spanish translations of songs I grew up singing in church. Of course, since I'm not so great at remembering the words to songs I end up having to go look up the words when I get home, but I am able to sing along pretty well.  I think I'm actually learning the Spanish versions better.  I catch myself singing the Spanish worship songs every now and then (usually the ones that I can translate as I sing).

I also have a new roommate,  Jacqui, who is lots of fun!  She's from England and is very funny.  I've spent several evenings over the last week learning about British customs/history as well as some specific things not to say/do to if I don't want to accidentally swear at her.  It's been a lot of fun.  She spent almost a year in Georgia, so she has some background to understand where I'm coming from, plus when she tries to use an "American" accent it always ends up sounding Southern.  I'm very proud of her. That and she knew pretty much every location in the pictures of my passport pages. England has some cool history, especially when you get it from normal person's perspective, rather than a history book. All in all, I think I'll keep her.  ;)

We made the best welcome poster...it sparkles.

 

I did go on another adventure the Saturday after the last one...Jacqui, my neighbor Kristy, and I got on a bus intending to go downtown and buy some shirts at some cheaper stores than we have around our area, and sort of, well, overshot the stores.  We were looking for one in particular, and never saw it, and we ended up taking the bus to the end of the line in a nearby town called Lambare. Not where we meant to be... We ended up getting lunch and walking around a bit, so we had fun, and it only cost us one bus fare to get there, so it wasn't too bad.
The school is starting it's month of camps this week. High school first, then Jr. High, Upper Elementary, and finally Pre-K through 2nd.  Our camp is only two days, unlike the upper grades.  We get Friday off, which will be great, because a group of us are going to see the Iguazu Falls. I can't remember if we are going to see them from the Paraguayan side, or the Argentinian side. Either way, it should be amazing!  I can't wait to put up pictures of it!

Other than that, life is pretty normal. I hope to write again soon.  I love to hear your comments, so feel free to write them.  You should be able to do it under "anonymous" if you don't have a Google account (for those who've asked).

Prayer Requests:
Camps are a huge thing this month and are pretty stressful for those in charge.
The school is getting a new 5th grade teacher (Praises to the Lord!!!!) and a student teacher soon.

The school still needs another HS Science teacher as soon as they can, and a 2nd grade teacher for next semester. If you know anyone who might be interested, tell them to check the position out.  God has the person for the positions, we just don't know who they are yet.