From Panama #2

We are doing well, starting our second week here. The first week was teaching. We are near the pacific ocean, but we drove 2 hours and were at the Caribbean on Saturday! I have never been there before, it was beautiful. Sunday we went to church and relaxed.
Today we are going to a village to meet some family of our friends. In their culture, when you visit you take dinner with you! I like that! Especially since no one has the communication tools to let you know that they are coming.
Tomorrow we are headed 5 hours out into the jungle to spend 3 days at a Mennonite work with the indigenous people. Steve will teach and I will teach how to use a sewing machine, with a simple blouse to make that doesn't require a pattern. Everyone seems to have generators so they have electricity. Then we will be back here for the weekend and home on Monday.
Malana

in Panama, from Malana

We're here and we're fine, it is about 88 degrees in the day and 72 at night. Class went well today, we rested for the afternoon.
Steve will teach the rest of the week, I will teach sewing in the afternoon. Then on Monday (the 14th?) we will drive 6 hours into the jungle and stay a few days teaching at a Mennonite facility. There is a small hotel for $20 a night, or we could sleep on the floor at the community shelter...which do you think Steve would choose? Then back here on Thursday teaching on Friday, Saturday is a work day, then Sunday we pack up to leave for home.

Class consists of Americans, Candians, Panamanians, Colombians....and one Chinese who immigrated here. All classes are bi-lingual.

I'll check in again if anything interesting happens!