There has been so much that has happened since my last post.
I have become super busy teaching, traveling, and preparing for the end of the
year. I just got here, and now we are preparing to leave again. We have less
than 75 days left in country. Holy Cow. This will give a brief overview of what
has happened since my last post, but will have very little detail, sorry. There
has been too much time since some of this has happened that I can’t give much
detail.
We held a talent show at the last weekend before Easter
break. Many students performed on the instruments that they have been learning
as well as other instruments they can play. We had a full house for the two-hour
show. It was awesome to see how much our students have grown! I took a day to
myself and explored Georgetown on my own. I did this last year as well and it
was a great way for me to have some personal time and explore new places I have
not been able to go to yet. The teachers spent a week in Suriname. For those of
you that don’t know Suriname is a Dutch speaking country, and none of the
teachers speak Dutch. We did two days with two music workshops each. It was fun
to see friends we made last year again, and to make new friends. We spent some
time sightseeing, swimming, went to a birthday celebration, celebrated Phagwah,
and saw Kung Fu Panda 3 in 3D. The week of Easter Eric was in country. We had
lots of meetings as well as some time just to hang out. We were supposed to go
visit Kaieteur Falls, but that fell through, multiple times. Long story… We
also spent four days in Georgetown. While in Georgetown we saw the newest Divergent
series movie. Two movies, in two weeks, in two countries, whoa! Classes have
resumed in New Amsterdam. Not teaching for two weeks and then coming back to a
full week is rough. Especially when you teach six days a week. We have almost
made it to Sunday though!
For those of you who have not heard yet, I have accepted a
teaching position with the American Academy for Girls in Kuwait teaching middle
school music. This blog will continue while I spend two years there. The web
address will be changing, but I will let you all know when that happens.
This is all the time I have to write now, but I will write
again soon. I promise!
Peace and love to you all!
