As many of you know (or can piece together from this blog) I spent fall semester 2008 living and studying in Quito Ecuador. I was so enthralled with the country that I decided to spend the next summer volunteering in a small town called Lumbisà that sits right outside of the big city. Ecuador, now less of an 'experience,' and more my second home will again be my residence for the next year as I begin my new post-college life with a program called Worldteach.
Worldteach is similar to a 'Teach for America program,' for foreign countries. Orientation starts on August 17th and will consist of a month long training period in English as a second language, teaching skills, cultural awareness and in-class room practicum. From there I will be placed, along with the other 42 volunteers, into the Ecuadorian public school system as a full time, governmentally employed English teacher. (yikes!!!)
I leave about two weeks from today on August 5th figuring that I need a few weeks to visit friends and get logistics worked out before the program starts. I will be arriving in Lumbisà to stay with my old host-familiy during the first part of August. Typical of Latin American, I really don't have many more details at this point. Hopefully before I leave I will know my placement location, living situation, etc...but for now I'm relishing in an extreme lesson of patience :)
It makes me laugh to look back at this blog and read some of the blogs that I tried to post in Spanish. Let's hope that my grammar has improved some sense then. If I do post in Spanish this time I promise I'll try and keep things translated :) Or those of you who wish to know whats going on could just keep going with that Rosetta Stone (caugh caugh mom and dad caugh ) hehe. Anyways, thanks for reading!
Hasta Pronto!
