Just a quick note to say we made it safely and with all our bags!
The weather is nice and warm and we are settling in nicely. This morning we got up at 5:30 and went for a brisk walk around the city, something we are hoping to make a habit.
I can already tell that not speaking the local language will be frustrating at times, as we have a houseworker, and a guard, as well as many other men working on fixing up the house at the moment. Yesterday I tried to communicate with our houseworker, Agnes. She makes a great zucchini bread and I was able to use the word "to cook" in Kinyarwandan and "bon" in french to compliment her. She understood.
We are starting our language training today, so we are looking forward to being able to at least greet people.
The school week is Tuesday through Friday, and I am really looking forward to getting going in the school on Tuesday. It sounds like I will also be teaching English Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 3-5, though we're not sure if it's just me, or a group of people. We will find out on Monday. Originally we had heard that the country was requiring English to be taught in all schools beginning next January, but a week ago the officials changed their mind and decided to start it now. This meant a whole lot of teachers were fired, many of them friends of the Thomas'. Please pray for them as the situation is frustrating for many. The teachers who do know English are suddenly expected to teach everything in English to students who don't speak it.
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Glad to hear you made it safely! That's frustrating about English in schools, etc. I hope your class goes well, though.
Joel and I were wondering why you have a guard???
Glad to hear that everything is going well for the moment. I enjoyed reading your post.
We have a guard at night just to keep watch over the property. We live on a big compound and everyone around knows that a bunch of whites live here, so just to be safe they keep a guard here at night so that people don't try to break in and steal things.
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