Family Matters..Tuesday July 14th

On Tuesday after school (school report comes after), Nhaca and I held an adults-only English class in Nhaca’s home. Her loveable dad “Pa” set up a side room (kicked out Grandpa into another house), bought a whiteboard (Nhaca’s “Meh” scolded him), and set up an adorable classroom. We taught a basic conversation about introducing yourself. I had no idea how hard English was until I tried to teach it. So many things to explain…why do we say “interesting” but being “interested” in someone has romantic meaning attached to it? We went over the concept of “See you later” and how later is indefinite, etc. The “students” were great.

Our lovely abode.


Family Shots.


MaReam has made ENORMOUS strides and was singing in English, laughing and making “a funny” like it was her first language. In the beginning of my homestay, she didn’t know how to ask me what time it was. Now she is very chatty and asks me about American food, family life, university, money matters, etc. She told me the CUTE story of how her and PaChub met...he was riding on a motorcycle on his way home from work, saw her, was struck by her beauty, and was speechless. He did the speechless impression at dinner and I died laughing. They are so sweet…luckily over time, he finally stopped and introduced himself and the rest is history.