The last three weeks have really flown by, and I cannot believe that I have finished my first semester as an English teacher. It really has been so much fun so far. I am so happy that I have had this opportunity, and I am looking forward to next semester.
I mostly focused on Christmas for my last lessons. So many of my students are really facinated by the holiday. New Years is a more important holiday here in Russia. That is when they give presents and visit with family. Teaching about Christmas has been a great opportunity to share my faith. Even though there are non-Christian aspects of the holiday, many traditions come back to the basic Christmas story. In some of my classes we read the Christmas story from Luke. After we finished, one of the students, a vehement atheist, let me know that he was not impressed and told me that the same story existed in Russia. It was a great opportunity to focus on what the angels say to the shepherds, "Great News that will be for ALL people."
Carolina and I also had the opportunity to go bowling with a few of our students last weekend. It was lots of fun to hang out with students that we had not really socialized with outside of class before.
We have a very long vacation, almost 6 weeks, coming up. Carolina will be gone for about a month of that time, and I wil be staying here in Vologda. Please pray that I am able to keep my spirits up, and that I won't be lonely. Please pray that I will take this opportunity to develop deeper relationships with my students and friends here. I also am still very much in need of financial assistance. If you can help, even a little bit, I would be blessed.
Thank you for your prayers and support
Because of Christ
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