I started teaching today and it wasn't nearly as hard as I was making it out to be in my head. I taught some basic classroom commands (stand up, sit down, be quiet, etc.) and greetings. I have about forty minute classes and I had just about enough to teach to fill up that time. Now let's see if they retained it for tomorrow! School is very relaxed here. It is supposed to begin at 7:30, but it was about 7:33 when we were still sitting in the teacher's area and about 4 minutes past the end of recreo (recess) when they decided to go back and continue the day. Very different from schools in the United States!
I love watching people here; everything is so different! The children all walk to school, many of the older ones holding their younger siblings' hands, some wearing regular clothes and some wearing the beautiful traditional clothes of Guatemala. Olga and I walk by people selling food and trinkets on the street before and after school, many of the children buy snacks on their way to and from school. Everyone says hello (Buenos Dias) to everyone else in the morning, and smiles are always exchanged. These people are very nice!
Guatemalan children are the cutest. All I have been called is seño, which, to the best of my knowledge, means teacher. All the little girls come up and surround me; at one point I couldn't even leave a classroom because I had about a dozen little people holding on to me! Even when Olga and I walked home some little girls from school came and held my hands. I guess I'm easy to spot, I don't think I've seen another Gringa here yet!
Please keep praying! I am so grateful for your prayers; God has taken away much of my anxiety and replaced it with a wonderful calming peace. To Him be the glory forever and ever! Philippians 4:13.
Suzanne
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