Hello everyone
It has officially been a week since I have been here in Haiti and everything is going great. My last post i believe was on Sunday and now we will have our first class tomorrow. James, who is my roomate for these next weeks will be here all summer so together we have combined our genius sources to create a magnificent lesson plan to teach english. In other words we consulted the internet and found some good ESL lessons. I have found out though that creole maybe an easier language to learn because of its verbs don't have to be conjugated due to subject change or tense. Although having the same word, "li", for he, she, and it may be hard to suddenly switch to english. Now the simple creole "li" has three separate meanings. Teaching english may be harder than I predicted, but we have got classes sort of setup into three different groups. A beginner class which will be held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 3:00; a Intermediate class which is on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5:oo; and an Advanced class on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:00. If you are somehow in the area of Bayonnais at these times, please stop by and see what we are doing. hah
Anyway today I went with Limareste into his garden which is in the awesome countryside of Haiti. When we arrived he just started to hand me fruit and sugar cane to eat on the way around the village. I tried my first coconut right from the tree and it was nice to get out further into the country around me.
When I got back, me and James went with the Engineers without Borders down to the bridge to move some rocks under the bridge foundation so it doesnt eventually fall. That took alot longer than I had thought and I ended up being completely wet do to wading in the water to move rahter large rocks.
Overall today was a great day.
wish me luck on the upcoming classes.
-Aaron
ps- I am going to try and upload some photos and I wanted to sort of narrate it for you. A half naked Haitian man you will see lying in a bed. This is Actionnel's brother who likes to come in and take naps on James' bed with his shirt off. It's hilarious to me that one he does it and two to listen to James' trying to get him out. Vital is the source of alot of laughter here in Bayonnais.
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AARON! I am so proud of you! Even though I REALLY MISS YOU, I am so excited about the work you are doing! I will be praying for you about tomorrow, I know those classes will be challenging but great! I love you! I can't wait to hear more about how it goes!
And it looks like Gabe posted a comment and deleted it because I accidentally commented under his name! oops!
Hey Aaron! It's great to hear what all you are doing! At Caswell, I've spent the past few days hanging out with your dad so I just wanted to say hey! I think it's amazing what you're doing in Haiti and I'm praying for you!!
Hi Aaron,
I am one of the Blah Blah sisters. :) I am really enjoying the photos you are uploading and reading about what it is like where you are in Haiti. I don't know you, but I know your mom, and I am really proud of you, just like I know she is.
Keep the stories coming!
Kenza Bolton
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