Update #2!

Hello!

Where do I start.....

Well, I am going on my 4th week here in Sokolov and thus far things seem to be going quite well. With having a flat that over looks part of the city and having a nice 30 minute walk to my school everyday has helped me to think about life and how much I don't know things that I thought I knew. It has also helped me just to clear my mind and focus on what it that God wants from me.

I have felt God more in these 3 and a half weeks than I have seen our Creator all year. I am not one to say that I have always been that great and perfect "Christian" because that is a complete fallacy on my part. I am no better from anyone else out that and that is such a great feeling! I would be glad to talk more on that with you if you would like but finding the time I know is hard.

Now on with my students.

I have about 265 students. Yes, that is a lot! It is really hard to get their names memorized but I am working on it. It is nice that there is only a hand full of names that are used. Some cultural thing that I don't quite understand just yet.

Anywho, my students range from 5th grade to 9th grade and the age really doesn't matter on their knowledge in English because I have some really smart students in my 5th grade and some 9th graders who don't know anything. But I am willing to be patient for all of my students. Most of them know so much!

That is one thing that I wish I could have done when I was in school, take another language. These students are taking Czech, German, AND English. How crazy is that? I can speak a little Spanish and read a little Greek and Hebrew but being able to speak all three of those is unimagine. One of these days I will be able to speak two languages. Not sure what but I will.

None of this really flows but I just want to tell it.

This past Saturday there was a fair in the town where they had midevil plays all around. It was one of the coolest things I have been to since I've been here. It was nice to see people on the street and also nice to see some of my students. You don't realize how much you miss seeing people you know on the street. Sterling and Blackwell was great with that.

Well anyway, I don't want to hang those three of you who read this from their work. So, I will end with this. Always say hello when you walk in the room no matter what. Or they are going to think you are rude.

In Christ's Love!

Derick