First Few Days in Mostar

We are at the computer club near the orphanage and there is only one computer with internet so I will update quickly. Our first few days in Mostar have gone really well. We moved in Saturday morning and spent a few days introducing ourselves to the kids and just having fun before classes started on Monday. We have two classes a day. At 10 am we teach the little kids and we teach teh older ones at night. The younger kids classes are going really well - we have taught them the alphabet, numbers, colors, and fruits. With every thing we have songs or crafts to help them remember. Today (Wednesday) the kids were still able to sing their "ABCs" that we taught them on Monday. Its great to know that the things we are teaching them are actually sticking. The older kids are more challenging because there is a wide range of ages (11 - 20) and abilities. We have been trying to focus on things they can actually use and on making things fun. Later today we are taking them to get ice cream. We are paying for them, but they have to speak only in English while we are there.

Tomorrow night we go back to Sarajevo to hang out with some friends. Aldin has tickets to see Lord of the Dance so we are going to take the train back with him. It should be fun and it will be nice to have the break. The kids are great, but we are with them all of the time except when we sleep. It will also be nice to be around more people who speak English.

Laura was sick for a while but is feeling better now, so hopefully we will start going into the city more (the orphanage is about a ten minute walk outside of the city proper).