Well, I survived my first day at school! Actually, I am feeling great. It's like night and day between the school in Comayagua and this one. We started the day with a LONG introduction of ALL the staff at the school. There are FAR too many names for me to remember (especially because we call all teachers by their last names in front of the students but first names informally)! We had to introduce ourselves and then tell something fun. I mentioned how I would be directing the musical, and already I've had about 4 other teachers approach and offer to help. We're thinking of making it for all 3 schools now - elementary, middle, and secondary! I'm pumped. Today we also had literacy trainers from the U.S. come to do training with the elementary school.
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