Day 6 - Wed. June 14th

Today is Wednesday and we taught the 7:30 am english class at the orphanage. Electricity is still out, so Michele paid $15 for it to be turned back on. We have never sweated so much as teaching that class :). It was a different group of kids so we did a similar lesson, but we have evolved our style. I never really thought I would like teaching, but completely enjoyed it. They are wonderful. The most adorable tiny little shy girl sat in the front row. She said everything very well, but was too shy to ever raise her hand. She sat and wrote the whole time. At the end of the day, she stayed to show me her notebook and she has written in beautiful handwring both mine and Michele's name at the top and all of the colors, words and numbers we had been writing on the white board. She's just precious.

After class, we went with the teacher, Sochia (Michele and I on his moto (scooter) to the store and bought pencils, pens, and some flash card type posters, paper for the school. We all three rode on Sochia's moto (scooter) -- very conservative considering that most motos here have 6 family members together on them :) It is really a sight to see. I'll post a picture.

Off the the national museum and palace for an hour or so...

Went back to the orphanage at 4pm and watched kick boxing and took the older kids to school and signed up 3 other kids into the school ($3 a month). They are so appreciative of everything. As we were walking through the school, the teachers would ask us to come in a speak english to their class. An adorable monk had a list of questions for us and we had a great time talking to them all. They find it strange that they have heard that some americans don't like to talk about their age. He asked us why.