Progress

I think teaching has gone well the last couple of days. We've been discussing clothing and have managed to dress Emilia up in Kyle's clothes. Since he's gone, we figured his clothes were fair game. Haydee and Carla also both finished reading their second books of the summer. We've been asking them to read children's books aloud to us one evening a week. Words that end in s, t, and d seem to be the most difficult. Both are improving greatly and are getting better using English. We'd like to see both of them take some more risks using their English throughout the day, but I can understand their reluctance. Each time we're out and I have to use my limited Portuguese vocabulary - still about four phrases (ola, bom dia, obrigado, and um) - I hope that the person I'm speaking with will rescue me by switching to English especially if numbers or instructions are involved.

We have our second test tomorrow night. Also, Carla and I are going to attempt to find the bus station to pick up our third student, Florentina. She is also from Madrid, but I believe she was born in Romania.