update from the last week

Hey everyone sorry its been a week since i have wrote anything but i have been super busy and then i havent had internet connection at home until yesterday. I only had it for about 2 days then lost it again. My wireless is all set up but vonage isnt working. I may need to cancel it. I am probably going to get a skype phone number or something and I will let everyone know when i figure things out. I am still loving the city! It has been a busy week and a half. We are done with orientation and have started Professional development and working in our rooms.

Today and tomorrow we have a speaker named Carl Anderson. If you a teacher you may know of him. He is great and i am learning lots about how to do writing workshop with little ones. Remember i have moved down to kindergarten. They are going to be like little babies. I have 18 students in my class. I have a very multicultural class. I have 3 chinese kids, 2 aussies, 2 indians, 6 americans, and a mix of many other cultures. Its crazy that many of these kids know more than one language at 5yrs old. I have one little girl that speaks spanish, bahasa (indonesian) and english. I have never had to deal with so many children in one year with many different languages. I know its going be a challenging year but i cant wait for the adventure to begin.

Over the last week I have been finishing my apt and buying stuff to settle in. We do have stores like Ace Hardware and a store kind of like Walmart or Target called Carrefour. We have been doing a lot of great eating. My school feeds us well. I thought i might lose weight because of fear of not liking the food but i havent found to many things i dislike. They have everything here. I have had indian food a few times, indonesian, thai 2x's, italian, mongohlian bbq. We pretty much have whatever you want. I even saw stuff to make tacos at the higher end supermarket.

I also have a maid/cook. I cant believe how amazing it is to come home and you dont need to do anything . The dishes are done,bathrooms cleaned, beds made, laundry is washed, folded, ironed and put away. My house is always spotless. I love it Tumi even cooks. I leave a recipe and she makes it. She even buys the ingredients if i dont have them.

One of the weird things about living here is how early the sunsets. Its getting awhile to get used to that. It rises before 6am and sets and is dark by 630. With it getting dark early you naturally get tired earlier and thats a good thing. Days here start early. Many people get up shortly after the call to prayer around 4am. When school starts with kids our van that takes us to school will be leaving at 6am or maybe before if we decide because of traffic. Traffic here is crazy. Things may not be far but they take awhile to get to. For instance if we leave by 6:10 am it will take about 30-40 mins to get to school. Then they say for every 5 minutes later you wait traffic an extra 10. Most people leave before 6 to get to school so it only takes like 20-25 minutes. On friday night we went out downtown by my school and it took us and 1hr and 20mins to get there, because of traffic. Not everyone has a long commute. We have a campus that is out my back window and i wish i was there sometimes. But campus is better!!

Well i am off for now. I know this is getting really long. I will write more this weekend! Hope all is well with you. Continue to pray for me and that i find a church. I will write about experience tomorrow.