This past week has been a good one. Tim and I were pretty busy with lesson planning, but it all seemed to go by fairly quickly. At the beginning of the week we were trying to finalize some of our plans for the end of the school year. Our last work day is May 14th, but we have to be in Anchorage May 23-27th for some classes. We've been trying to decide if we should stay in Togiak until the classes begin or if we should hang out in Anchorage. We really didn't want to sit in Togiak for a week after school, but also weren't liking the idea of paying outrageous prices for a hotel to sit in Anchorage for a week. Our solution: rent an RV for a week! We found an RV rental for the price of cheap hotel in Anchorage. So now we have a place to sleep and a vehicle for just the price of a hotel and we get to travel around the state. We're really excited. If anyone is interested in flying to Anchorage to go RVing (is that a word?), let us know.
Friday we got a surprise early release from school because there was a funeral. Normally, I really like early releases, but the kids here just assume early release means they might as well go home right then and not stay for the rest of the day. The kids that did stay were out of control. Oh well, it's over now.
There have been 2 student teachers visiting our school this week. I guess this is their "village practicum". One of them has been shadowing Tim and taught one of his classes on Friday. They are both very nice and we invited them over for dinner on Friday night. It's kind of interesting seeing some "fresh" teacher's reactions to village education.
Saturday and today we listened to General Conference. I love listening to General Conference. Who couldn't appreciate listening to such great men speak about such great things? It was interesting talking to our friends here when they asked about our weekend plans. We told them that we had church meetings and explained that they were worldwide meetings and we were listening to our leaders speak. They all kind of groaned for us when they heard how long our meetings were, but I told them the meetings are great. It's been a bit eye-opening being the only members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I've really come to realize how much time Tim and I invest in church and I realize how much I really love it and look forward to it.
Friday we got a surprise early release from school because there was a funeral. Normally, I really like early releases, but the kids here just assume early release means they might as well go home right then and not stay for the rest of the day. The kids that did stay were out of control. Oh well, it's over now.
There have been 2 student teachers visiting our school this week. I guess this is their "village practicum". One of them has been shadowing Tim and taught one of his classes on Friday. They are both very nice and we invited them over for dinner on Friday night. It's kind of interesting seeing some "fresh" teacher's reactions to village education.
Saturday and today we listened to General Conference. I love listening to General Conference. Who couldn't appreciate listening to such great men speak about such great things? It was interesting talking to our friends here when they asked about our weekend plans. We told them that we had church meetings and explained that they were worldwide meetings and we were listening to our leaders speak. They all kind of groaned for us when they heard how long our meetings were, but I told them the meetings are great. It's been a bit eye-opening being the only members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I've really come to realize how much time Tim and I invest in church and I realize how much I really love it and look forward to it.
