Hello From Pécel

Hello Friends!

Although it is only Tuesday this week has been going well. Currently we are in the town of Pécel. We are staying in church dorms and working at an English Camp in a nearby town. My class has 14 students who are pre-intermediate. That means they can understand me, but sometimes they struggle to put words together to communicate or ask questions. On Monday our lesson was on people and families, today we studied foods. The students have done great participating in all my activities and really surprised me with their comprehension when they created skits about ordering food at a restaurant. Today I think the highlight of my students' day was laughing hysterically at me when they tried to teach me how to say Happy Birthday in Hungarian. Tomorrow we are studying travel. I just finished planning for the day. The three other groups have their activities planned, but somehow my group was overlooked so I have to lesson plan this week. Not a problem since this is what I do anyway.

In other news, today is my teammate Chelsea's birthday. She would not tell us when her birthday was so last week while living in the Coop I broke into her purse, stole her wallet, and found out when her birthday was. Our hosts took us into a mall area where we had the most artfully arranged ice cream I had ever seen before. It was delicious. Three of my teammates decided to stay in town and three of us came back. It has been nice to have a bit of quiet time this afternoon. I am glad I decided to come back because a bit ago it was pouring rain. It has been like that often this week, but this keeps the temperatures cool and for that I am thankful.

My goal for this week was to find some postcards and Diet Mountain Dew....two impossible tasks where we are staying. We are not really tourists so I do not often have the chance to go to town or stores. In fact I have not even used any of my bankcards at all since I have been here. Amazing I know. I really wanted to be able to send our some cards, but I can not promise anything at this point. Sorry for those of you who are waiting! As for the Diet Mountain Dew, I do not think it exists. I have searched high and low. At least I can find some Diet Pepsi. I have only had two bottles since leaving California but I am hitting the point where I need some caffeine. I think that is all for now. I am heading up to my room to hopefully finish lesson planning for my whole week. It is difficult when I do not have many supplies so I have to think outside the box at times.

I hope everyone has a great day. Hopefully I can post later this week. Miss you all!