Saturday in the big forest city. There are a few things that require a differnet approach to life. Washing clothes is one of them. We are very fortunate to have a washer and drier in our courtyard complex. This complex has a roof and is very clean. The water comes into the machine at a dribble. This means that under normal circumstances, a load of wash takes about 2 hours. While this is an irritation, we are thankful for the facilities at all. Now being a bit on the impatient side, I look for ways of speeding this process along. We found that by carrying about 5 buckets of water from our kitchen sink, we can cut the washing time in half.
We spent about five hours at school today working with the elementary school English teacher. While we got a lot done, we really only discovered how much more there is to do. Something like one step forward and two backward.
While at school, the assit. pastor in charge of the school arrived with an internet company guy. After some discussion, it looks like internet should be installed in about eight more days. My concern was accessibility. A lot of new stuff gets put under lock and key. We had a discussion about "hard wire" and wifi (wireless) connections. Looks like the students will get hard wire and the two teacher work rooms will get wifi. WHAT A MAJOR JUMP FOR THE SCHOOL! Now comes the "how to use it" part. This will be my third trip through this issue in three different settings. I ought to be able to anticipate the difficulties by now!
Had our first experience on public transportation this afternoon. the three miles from the school to down town was covered by the public bus. Cost; a total of .40 for the both of us.
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Hey, you are doing well. Good to hear that you are going to get internet at the school. Wow, that is a major jump forward! I don't think you went back two steps on that one.
Love, Eldon and Phyllis
Setting limits, especially for adults is always a bit tricky. We just got out employee handbook on Friday which addressed employee dress standards that included not wearing caps or rubber shower shoes. Of course there are embellished dressed up versions of flip flops that push the envelope and at least two men on campus who blatantly violate the no cap rule. The same will be true of internet use. How will inappropriate sites be blocked? Will everyone have to sign an acceptable use policy? Progress is both great and brings on more headaches at the same time. I know you're up to the challenge.
Love,
Marlene
Omer and Mary Jane,
Wehave been back from Colorado long enough to get things here up to par.
We finally got around this afternoon to going to your Blog and reading to catch up with your introduction and now, your full speed ahead.
It really sounds as if you are fully occupied.
The pictures give us a sense of the locale, and you folk's description of school activies show how quickly you are into "the school activies".
Good luck, love, Dorothy and Duane
September 9, 2007 3:02 PM
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