The Real Work is About to Begin!!!!

Written by Dan:

After a week of getting settled in…

Alicia and I will begin our French training. We met with out teacher on Sunday for a course orientation and an assessment that determines what learning style we have.  (Surprisingly, Alicia and I have the same learning style.) Our teacher spent ten years working with the American peace corps and has assured us that after a our two months of training we will be able to speak, write, read, and understand French. Class will be 3 hours a day 5 days a week!  We are excited that it includes life application field trips that let us go out with the instructor to buy things in the market, grab a taxi, go to the post office, and eat at restaurants! The program is supposed to be very application-based which I think is very cool!

This week we also got to help the Libreville Envision team host a small film crew from the CMA, they are on a three-week journey documenting the work and mission of the CMA in the Congo, Gabon, and Burkina Faso. Yesterday we accompanied them to Hope House, an orphanage operated by the church here. It was great to see the kids again and play some soccer in the front yard with them. When Alicia and I were here in 2009 we spent a lot of time at Hope House and were very pleased that their new house is MUCH better than their previous residence.

We are settling in well, and wish us luck with learning French! J