This week has been great! We started school! I am teaching sixth, third, and first grade. The kids are all doing really well for never doing this type of school before. It is fun to teach all the grades because I am not repeating the directions a ton of times for the same assignment over and over. So far we have just done reading, math, and writing. We will start the rest of the subjects in Nampula.

The kids and I agree that it is really nice to spend about 3 hours a day on school work in stead of being in school for 6 and then having homework on top of that.

Enough about school.

It is Wednesday today and it is our last day at the home we are staying at right now. It is a beautiful home with a large kitchen, dinning room and living room. It has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. the porch raps around 2 sides of the home and there are more rooms in the back for people to live in. The people that live in this home are doing a mentor ship program and so that is what the rooms in the back are for. They are separate from the home. I think that is a really neat idea. All the future mentors are boys and are learning how to work and be leaders in the areas they will live in. All of them are Christians and that is part of work.

As we leave this home we are going to a place called the Oasis. They are not sure what it is like, Steve and Sarah have not been there for 4 years so they are hoping it is better then what it was. All i know about it is that they have been looking for other places to stay and this is the cheapest and has the most room. I think it will be an adventure like every other part of this trip. Steve says that this should be our last move before we head north to Nampula. We are going to leave for Nampula on the 12. Or that is the plan anyway.

The weather has been really nice. Except for last Sunday when it was 100 degrees and no breeze. The last couple of days have been around 9o with a nice breeze and cool nights. I hear it is only going to get hotter because we are entering the summer season and we are going north!

Here are my verses for today: Psalm 139:7-10 "Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast."

I see my self on the far side of the sea, away from home.