four weeks in :)

It is so hard to believe that I have been in africa for four weeks! In so many ways it feels like I have just arrived, but in others it feels like I have been here much longer than that. It is crazy how fast it feels normal to brush my teeth with filtered water, occasionally deal with brown water in the shower, taking at least an hour to fix a basic meal, taking ten times as long to do just about anything, driving in traffic that is better described as mass chaos, buying food at the market, and communicating with my very few words of the local language.

And teaching has been wonderful! Each day begins with a devo time for all the teachers and then I get to spend the next hour in the Word with all the tenth graders. It is such a blessed way to begin each day. The I teach three math classes, eighth, ninth, and twelfth grade. Each day is a challenge, but I am really enjoying it.

Soon I will also begin leading a seventh through tenth grade d-group with some girls. There is no youth group for the kids to go to, so I hope that this group can evolve into an environment like that for these girls. A time they can get together, have fun, enjoy each other, and grow in Him.

I am learning so much about how each little success builds confidence. Just walking out in the market and buying vegetables or a coffee all by myself is such a victory :). Or being able to figure out how to get from one place to another on a blue and white minibus --- which is quite complicated at times. When all else fails, just get to mexico...a roundabout in the city.....because from there you can always get home. On Sunday I am going to try to get to church all by myself and it should be quite the adventure!