Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Wait What?
My mission trip team and I have put the finishing touches on our lesson plans and university workshop materials. But wait... we can no longer go to Burkina Faso? Wait what?? We just did all that work! As of right now, there is turmoil and political strife in Ougadougou, so we are in the processes of finding somewhere else to go in West Africa. We will most likely go to either Ghana or Senegal. Oddly enough, I am excited about this last minute change of events. I am perfectly fine with just going with the flow. I'll let you know where we end up going!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
One Door Closes, Another Door Opens
Graduation is almost here, which means the door to my undergraduate schooling is about to close. However, there is a door that is about to open. Behind this door there are many unknowns, adventures, trials... the stuff behind this door will force me to grow and stretch in ways I never thought I could. Student teaching is over and I am about ready to graduate from college. These next two weeks are going to be exciting and a little hectic.
Two days after graduation, my mission trip team and I will be flying to Burkina Faso for a little less than a month. Tonight I will be meeting with four of my team members to go over writing workshop materials and lesson plans. While in Burkina, we will be helping students from the University of Ouagadougou (wägəˈdoōgoō) write their final English research papers. We will also be teaching and assisting with ESL (English as a Second Language)lessons. We pretty much have all of those lessons written. On Sundays, we will be attending a local church and helping with Sunday School.
Not only is there the craziness of moving out, packing for Burkina Faso, graduating, and graduation activities, I also have an interview with the Peace Corps on May 5th! Peace Corps reviewed my application and they have decided to move forward with a formal interview, so I will be traveling up to Chicago that day.
Well, that is a little snippet of what my "Life in the Real World" is looking like.
Two days after graduation, my mission trip team and I will be flying to Burkina Faso for a little less than a month. Tonight I will be meeting with four of my team members to go over writing workshop materials and lesson plans. While in Burkina, we will be helping students from the University of Ouagadougou (wägəˈdoōgoō) write their final English research papers. We will also be teaching and assisting with ESL (English as a Second Language)lessons. We pretty much have all of those lessons written. On Sundays, we will be attending a local church and helping with Sunday School.
Not only is there the craziness of moving out, packing for Burkina Faso, graduating, and graduation activities, I also have an interview with the Peace Corps on May 5th! Peace Corps reviewed my application and they have decided to move forward with a formal interview, so I will be traveling up to Chicago that day.
Well, that is a little snippet of what my "Life in the Real World" is looking like.
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