These days have been full of teaching, studying, fellowship, and attempts at sleeping. There just has not been as much time to keep up my journal and blog as I anticipated there would be. One unexpected pleasure has been the ability to call home several times. The other day I called Raye Jeanne and the girls at home, called my Dad, and spent 20 minutes on the internet, and it cost me all of about 8500 Riel (about $2.12)! So in a small town in rural Cambodia, I can call home for 5¢ per minute, and have it sound better than many of my cell phone calls!
In the past couple of days, Jack and I have covered the following topics (Jack got to teach Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons — when everyone wants to sleep after lunch!):
- What makes a good teacher
- Seven basic principles of teaching
- What makes a good learner
- Five basic principles of learning
Not only has it been a delight to teach, but to watch the students interact with the material, and to see the mental lights begin to flicker with excitement as they learn is a real joy. And to watch and listen to them sing has been a real treat, too (I tried to edit one of our videos down to a reasonable length, but was unable to do so — we’ll try to work it into our Powerpoint presentation).
These days, Elizabeth has (with Susie) been visiting sponsorship children, interacting with the kids at the children’s home, and visiting believers and sponsorship kids in some of the surrounding villages. Here are some pictures of her days:
Words of Grace 