New schedule.

This week we started teaching the 5 teachers from Leyte (the other island where the new Deaf elementary program will start next September.) It has been a lot of fun. I really enjoy the more concrete schedule. This helps a lot with the homesickness when I have things to prepare and more concrete goals for each hour.

The teachers are doing a fantastic job and will be placed through out the Four Deaf elementary schools through out Bohol over the next 6 months to prepare them to teach on their own next school year. This is very exciting to see them learning a new language in anticipation to teach these new students. It is going to be very challenging as I have mentioned before most of these kids who will start at the new Deaf school are average age of 11 and have no language. What a challenge! I am so proud of these 5 teachers as they have really stepped up and taken on a huge responsibility.

IDEA is looking for a few new personnel in certain areas. I won’t go into detail, but please pray that the right people will be chosen for these important positions here in Bohol.

As for the ants:
Many of you know that my favorite candy is chocolate covered raisins. Well, they do not have that here. I looked, and have even thought of making my own. I have been wondering if boiling these ants and covering them in chocolate may have the same effect. Probably not, but maybe if I mixed in some raisins as well… it would be cheaper, you know, add more water to the soup. 

There have been a lot of terrible things going on with the weather still. There was a typhoon sitting off to the side of the Philippines the last couple days that made it very windy and dark here. I didn’t mind as it was pretty cool. Many Filipinos have become sick due to the severe weather change though. Today there was 3 earthquakes to the Eastern side of the Philippines. It did not effect Bohol and our tide at all, but none the less, crazy weather.