My first full week of classes went very well. I switched my schedual so that I am now taking a class in the university in which we will talk about how first and second languages are aquired and how the processes differ. It should be very interesting and applicable to the future career I hope to have with Spanish speaking children.

This weekend was a long weekend as there was no school Monday in celebration of San Martin, the father and liberator of Argentina. I went to a church camp/retreat with the youth group from the church that my host mom attends. We left Friday night and arrived in Entre Rios (a neighbooring state) the next morning. It was a great experience. I was the only ‘foreigner’ as you might say so I got to practice a lot of Spanish and could cheat by asking how to say something in English. We shared all our meals together, sang camp sogs, played group games, and had workshops just like at all camps. I loved it so much. It really gave me a taste of how things work in a different country. Lots of similarites and differences. I had a hard time contributing to large group discusions because I got too nervous and couldn’t formulate my ideas but when we did small group things people were very pacient with me and helped me say what I was trying to. The camp was for people anywhere between 14 and 26 years old. I ended up hanging out with lots of the younger ones which reminded me of being a counselor last year at Sky Ranch except that now the kids where the ne teaching me a lot (of Spanish)! Many of them are taking basic introductory classes of English so I helped them learn some new words too! I really enjoyed myself and was glad I didn’t sit around the house all weekend doing nothing.

What else is new? Not much. I have started visiting the preschool that the kids in my house go to. I have really enjoyed going so far. The teachers are wonderful and I love seeing how they interact with the kids. I’m learning so much vocabulary too! The teachers have been good about explaining the education system in Argentina and we compair that with the US. It has been so interesting. The kids really seem to enjoy having me too. They all ask me questions about my home and how to say things in English. I am surprised that they have so much interest in things like this for being 4 and 5. I have also visited many different churches and hope to get involved with their youth groups and serice activities! All in all, things are going very well and I am enjoying every moment of it!