It's happening!

November 1st marked our first day of classes in an unfinished building. The workers there were baffled and asked why we were meeting in a building that was not finished. The students who arrived on time got lollipops. Every student got a notebook, a pen and a pencil. A recently ESL trained mission school student from Athens, GA named Will, taught for 50 minutes. They practiced greetings and numbers. The students were respectful, attentive and eager to learn. They live in a city driven by tourism and they see the impact that English fluency can have on their lives. We then began our Intro to Business course. Steve shared his dreams to see these students grow and flourish in the talents that God has placed in them. Then Frank, a mission school student, CPA and successful business consultant from California, brought baseball caps as an examples of product marketing, desirability and branding. They loved it. They thanked our teachers for coming. Today is another day of ESL from 2-3 following by Intro to Community Health. I am going to introduce the course. We are then going to begin a 6 week course in training Community Health workers from curriculum developed by Community Health Evangelism (www.che.org). These courses merge teaching and instruction on healthcare with Biblical teachings. I am curious to see this teaching in action and how the curriculum merges the two. 

We have Iris Staff Meeting today at 11 and our Community Health/ESL Vocational Class from 2-4 today and tomorrow. I am still shocked at how quickly things have fallen in to place. We have a school, students, teachers, and curriculum and I have not even been here one month. I am certainly not saying it is all here because of me, it is a team effort for sure, but it is so fun to see my dreams coming true. I am rushing to keep up!