august 27

I've finally received clarity on my duties as a missionary. It was our first day of teacher training. I am teaching the 1st grade. I am the home room teacher, so I teach all the subjects, except for the one period a day, where I will be teaching 8th grade math. I even teach music. The kids speak little to no English, but we are known as an all-english (international) school, we uphold this reputation and the rules are that we never speak Khmer on campus, only English. How will I communicate with my students? I ask myself this, with no answers.... but I am excited. Oddly. I'm ecstatic. We recieve the textbooks for our classes tomorrow, most of the classes don't have teacher's editions. I have 4 days to do all of my lesson plans, and I will hand in yearly, quarterly, weekly, and daily lesson plans, just in case someone needs to fill in for me. I have 4 days to get creative. I am nervous. Yes. A little.

Heather and I walked to an internet cafe at the marketplace, Psa Jaa (? i can't remember). More will come later, but I thought I'd share pictures.