A lazy Sunday afternoon

We finished our first week of teaching. Getting into the swing of it took some time, especially putting names to faces. At the end of the week, we held the traditional SLI barbeque with sausages grilled over an open grill, chips and water. Tim and I grilled over 350 "dogs". Everyone seemed to enjoy the festivities since the students hung around till about 9 pm dancing and listening to music. Linda introduced the students to line dancing. Even though I've been here for 10 summers now, I still am enamored by the amount of sliced cucumbers these students put on their sausages. It tok the morning teachers about 2 hours to peel off the plastic wrappings on each individual sausage.


On Saturday, Jude and I, along with a couple from Oregon, went downtown by bus to the open market, had some coffee and rolls, and then visited the music festival booths for the rest of the morning. After that, we met Kel and Sharon, our friends from New Zealand, for lunch. We had hamburgers, with cucumbers, and fish and chips. Later that afternoon, Jude and I walked back to the dorms in a light rain. The weather this summer has been cool, around 65-70 degrees, a big difference from the 106 degree temperatures in Kazakhstan. Jude even bought a sweater at the market since she only brought sleeveless shirts with her.

On Sunday, we went to Kel's flat, where I gave the message I was supposed to give Wednesday night at the Vineyard service at the beach. The message was "interrupted" by a torrential downpour. It lasted 45 minutes. Maybe God was sending me a message about my message. There was a Lithuanian woman with a little dog at the beach, who warned us of the impending storm. We could see the lightening, but still didn't seek shelter until the wind and driving rain came. Maybe she was a messenger from God telling us to get out of there.




As I write this sitting near the pond in front of the dorm, I'm watching a man fishing. He was here last night too, in the middle of the rain storm, fishing in the reeds. It's the same pass time all over the world. Jude's working with another teacher this afternoon, helping her sort out her reading lessons for the week, introducing her to the Daily Cafe, a reading system Jude likes from her teaching days.

Tomorrow, it starts all over again.


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