Chicken Tender
Belle has named our chickens and some of the neighbors’ that hang out in our yard. Click the pictures to see.
Language Learning and “You”
In language learning, I’ve found an interesting challenge: stating facts with a second person subject is entirely unnatural.
Literacy Planning
On Monday we hosted a meeting for some of our village leaders to discuss plans for our literacy program.
We are meeting tonight with village leaders to present our plans to start a literacy class mid-next year. Pray that it goes well.
Thunder and Lightning
In addition to learning language, our second current major goal is understanding the Menyan culture. Through observation and participation we easily learn about material culutre–what the people do and how they do it–but we also want to know what the Menyan people think, what they believe, why they believe what they believe and even what…
We’ve had rain 4 days in a row. Maybe the drought is over. If it keeps up for 3-4 more months, our village will be growing food again.
