The Last Week of Class

Well this has been a full week in regards to our English class.
This week was our last week of classes. Kathleen and I made a test for each of our classes and we gave them out on Tuesday night. We were pleasantly surprised with the results! Many of our students did very well. The test took just about an hour for each class. Then we printed their certificates and handed them out on Wednesday and Thursday to the second and first class respectively. Many students from our first class will be continuing with us in January as we begin a new set of classes. They will be moved up to the second class if they received an 85% or better on their test. Right now we have 17 signed up! This is very exciting for Kathleen and I as we have come to really enjoy many of our students and have gotten to know them.
(Right: My friend Deroly. We became friends when I taught him how to use his keyboard - I just read the English directions and made him repeat the steps until he understood. Now he calls us on the phone to just say hi.)

These are the pictures of our two classes. The one above is our second class (we really enjoy this class) who speak English pretty well but they have a hard time listening. Below is our first class who now speak enough English to talk to you for a few minutes, but they are far from fluent.

This is Kathleen with her girlfriends from the first class and Dupin Willy (the guy) who jumped in.

So we have finished our classes for December and our looking forward to starting again in January. We will have a first level class of all new people, a second level class with a few newbies and those that are moving on from the first class, and an English club with those that are now done with the second class. In our club, we will be reading articles and working on listening and speaking correctly. It should be really fun to lead.
Thanks for thinking about us and praying for us as we taught these classes. It was a learning experience to say the least but we enjoyed it! Have a great weekend.