SLI 2013-- the first week

We arrived safe and sound on our Finnair flight from Chicago-Helsinki-Vilnius. The bus rides at both ends were long but good with no problems. It still never ceases to amaze me how small the world is...I mean within 30 hours door-to-door, I was sleeping in my new bed, living in a different country, listening to a different language. eating foods with no preservatives added, seeing old friends and meeting new ones. Ah...my Lithuanian summer.
There's a large influx of new teachers this year--around two-thirds are new. However, this staff is the most global one--teachers who live in Oman, Romania, university professors from various places Canada and the US. I don't know how Robin, our director does it , but she gathers us all together to teach ESL for four weeks. And this year, there we only two lost teachers, left in airports because flights were either cancelled or missed.
After daily teaching orientations to the academic side of out time here, we help the new teachers get orientated to living in a new country. Last night, Jude took a group of teachers on a walking tour of restaurants while also showing them how to buy bus tickets. And I did notice one woman buying her .80 cent bus ticket with MasterCard. Jude then took them all to dinner while I met Kel, our pastor friend, for a few beverages down by the river in the Old Town.
Jude and I took a bus to one of the beaches near school for the weekly Wednesday service for the Vineyard community. Tonight, one of the girls spoke about human trafficking. She spoke passionately about this topic. We got reacquainted with many of our old friends. And, then we caught the last bus home, forgetting that it's still very light at 10 pm.




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