This is my Monday, Wednesday, Friday speaking class.
From the left we have June, Joseph, myself, Jessica and Rebecca.
I teach this class from 3:30 to 5:00 in the afternoons.
I have an additional class with 2 students in the evenings from 6:30 to 7:30.
I also have another Tuesday, Thursday class that I'm teaching for free as a trade for my visa letter.
As much as I do enjoy these classes, I hope to have enough preschool students to be able to only teach one speaking class in the future.
But as the preschool is still small I need to teach these classes in order to have enough income to continue.
This September we had our first birthday party.
Suri turned 2 years old.
Suri enjoys school, but has been unable to attend because she's been sick all month.
She has been having fevers off and on and the family is not sure why.
They have drawn blood and are checking to see what that may tell them.
Please pray that Suri will be well soon and able to return to school.
As Myanmar is such a hot country the children chose to have ice cream for the birthday instead of cake.
Ice cream also melts faster here, so it was a pretty big mess to clean up by the time all the kids finished.
Maybe next time I'll have all the kids take off their shirts first...
We found a building block train set at one of the supermarkets here. It was the best $8 purchase. The boys love it and play with it every day when they arrive to school. We may have to purchase another set as the school grows. Especially if we continue our 2 girls to 5 boys ratio. School activities and play are a lot different having so many boys. Thankfully both the younger girls do well with a bit rougher play with the boys.
Jonathan is a bit quieter than the other boys and plays well with the younger girls.
They call him, "Ko Ko Kyi Jonathan"...Big brother Jonathan, in Myanmar.
Here are three of my wilder boys. Nate, Fred and Shane.
They are good boys, just very active. Especially Fred.
They make school very exciting and lively and they keep me on my toes.
I'm getting pretty quick and witty with how to direct these boys in the Myanmar language.
Often I can't afford to say it in English first and have them not understand...especially when they are bouncing around the classroom or playing Power Rangers...etc....
Here we are learning about the sounds on the farm.
The kids' favorites are the donkey by the wagon says, "Hee hee haw," and the turkey in the straw says, "Gobble gobble gobble."
