Back To School

Today was the first day of classes here in Banica. Hurricane Irene delayed school by two days but everything here is alright - a few tree branches fell and there was a lot of rain but we are ok. The kids are absolutely adorable and there is a big blue school bus (one school bus for the entire town) that picks kids up and drops them off at the end of each day. I spent the better part of this afternoon working on more lessons and now I am off to spend some quiet time journaling. Journaling has always been a love of mine and I have no doubt that it will be a huge help while I am here. It's not as easy as I thought it would be to be away from your family and friend and loved ones but I am hanging in there. Prayers for homesickness would be awesome :) thanks guys!