Yesterday I went on the morning route without Abby. The baby at home is requiring everyone to pitch in a bit extra. It’s funny—being at a school in a different country exposes many of the differences between the US education system and here, but every once in a while something like waiting for a bus […]

School was mighty boring yesterday. End of month exams began (and will finish today) meaning I was stuck marking all day. I was hoping I could sit in and supervise exams; maybe use that time to read or work on some projects—I wasn’t so lucky. The head teacher announced the group of teachers who would

Yesterday was very productive. Abby and I were on time for the bus route—these days it’s a miracle if we’re only 5 minutes late, so on time is great! At school I was busy with music all day. I never really had a chance to look up; the whole music class was practicing for a

Yesterday was officially the halfway point of my commitment here at hope school. I’m expecting this next month and change to fly by; whenever I reach a halfway mark, I’ve found that time speeds up—unless it’s something I’m not enjoying and want desperately to end. Over the night it had rained nonstop, with a light

I would classify yesterday as a productive bummer. I woke up at 5:30 in the morning so as to be ready to leave for church at 6:00. I was told at 6:30 that we weren’t going. It wasn’t until around 8:00 that everybody woke up and started moving. With those few hours I was able

Yesterday flew by quickly. I’m having a hard time remembering what I even did. In the morning I drove Jovin and Rebecca to school. We were late as usual. As we were leaving the house at 8:30, I asked Jovin, “What time do classes start today?” and he told me 8:00am. Aye, aye, aye. At

Eventful day yesterday! We’ve finally got our regular bus back! You can see very clearly how we regressed throughout the past couple of weeks. I’m happy to say that this endeavor has really showed me that luxury and comfort are relative. I never thought I’d be happy to be sitting in a bus with broken

Ahhhh! Six weeks! Yesterday was stellar! Homesickness has gone (for the time being). Weather is holding up! All is good! The morning started off in a bit of a mess. Two days ago our extra bus broke down in the middle of the route and hadn’t been fixed by yesterday, leaving us stuck with this

Yesterday was fun. In the morning we were still stuck with the small bus; every day we’ve been promised that the next day we’ll have our bus back, but it hasn’t happened yet. When I got to school it was time for my daily morning meeting with Pius to give me my schedule for the

Yesterday I woke up very tired. It was the first day where I really wished I was back home in my own bed and could just go back to sleep. Luckily, it was only momentary; I was up and moving with energy and enthusiasm seconds after the alarm went off. Abby and I are chronically