First day teaching

Hi everyone! Teaching is exhausting and my children are brilliant which makes things easier and harder-easier because I have their attention and harder because they flew through the material I had planned for the half day. Please be patient with me as far as communication goes. Getting anything done here takes a very long time. I'm at an internet cafe now and probably won't have internet until the end of this week or early next week. It also takes a couple of days to set up a phone service that allows me to call to the States.

There are so many things I wish I could put in words-the town, the people, the overcrowdedness, the poverty, the wealth in small ways (beautiful sunrises and sunsets, beautiful landscaping and flowers on the campus, cool weather). Hopefully my blogs will get more detailed as I have more freedom with my own computer. Also, Dan Linsz, the director of the academy, gave the exciting news that we're going wireless in two months or more. Praise the Lord!

More on the children-I have 19 students, about half what we would call black-some are Malawian, some are a variety of things including South African, English, etc. A few of their names are Zizwa, Mecha (pronounced Mesha), Luke, Jewel, Rachel, Andi (the smartest kid in the class-a girl), Hannah, Shammy (pronounced shemmy), and my aid, Greyshen, who graduated from the ABC. He's very helpful as far as knowing where to get the kids snacks etc. I love you all and can't wait to communicate more freely.