Everything is late in this country...including the trees!

This morning we took the photography class north for about an hour to go to a tree reserve. Our first full week of classes officially has come to a close! I am exhausted, but am really encouraged to see the way Dad is moving in this place.

I am so happy Steve and my father e-mailed me the powerpoint notes from CBC! On Friday, I walked into the photography class and met the instructor, E, at 9:30...The class was supposed to start at 9am, but nothing is on time here! So about an hour into the class, E says, "Alicia, you told me you have taught before, do you have powerpoint with you?" Stuttering, I responded yes thinking we would just go over them later, but instead, he asked me to teach! So I stood up and taught through 32 slides about photography! WOW!

We got to see the other half of our team this weekend and figure out how to catch a bus around. Our limited Arabic has been so great as the entire village we are in knows we are here and welcomes us with plenty of coffee and conversations. I can't believe the weekend is already over! Back to English classes in the morning after watching the Argentina/Mexico match with one of our students and a few neighbors we just met today! Viva Mexico! (but really..my heart is for Holland in the finals!)


-Here is a photo by me and one of the smaller trees. The larger one, nine people can wrap around and some are over 2500 years old! We had no idea waking up at 7am that it would be a hike though! Much Love!