TESOL...

TESOL....Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
I was invited to staff the TESOL course this year, so this is how I spent much of the summer. Fifteen wonderful students came together from various places around the globe to learn how to teach English to Speakers of Other Languages all over the world. Some of these teachers have already chosen what country they are headed to, or are investigating the possibilities of teaching English overseas or teaching ESL classes in the places where they live.

We celebrated Suzie's birthday with Strawberry Shortcake...yummm!

Two of the TESOL students putting together Lesson Plan ideas.

"Hmm...what vocab should we use?"

"Let's see...there's got to be some usable stuff in here somewhere!"

Today several of the students attended First Baptist in Kalispell to thank them for the use of their church for our "practicum." It was rewarding to hear them express their thanks and appreciation to the pastor and the people there. We have just one week of the course left. Wednesday night will be our final practicum night (it's a party, actually, the TESOL students will be hosting a potluck party for their ESL students). We're all looking forward to it...and hoping all the ESL students are able to come.

HOME at last...

Sunrise is one of the most beautiful and therapeutic times of the day for me since we moved in to this lovely home on Troutbeck.

Ahh...the old family organ! I love how it looks in this corner. Now, if we can just get the left pump fixed.

Arthur's new "study." I think he's quite happy with this new situation.

The Living Room! Ready and waiting for a visit from you!

The Dining area...hmm...I need to make a menu list...see if I can entice our loved ones and friends to pay us a visit now that we are getting settled into our own place.

Actually, we have been living in this home since mid-May, but at last it has become "ours," meaning we have moved our own belongings in, and have begun to set things up. My, how good it feels! It's like finally coming "home." Did God make us this way, I wonder. To need and to enjoy the sense of HOME? I think He probably did. And I am so very glad!