This past week has VERY busy, and VERY challenging…for both of us. (It seems that the first week is always the most challenging.)
As mentioned in the previous blog, over our first weekend here, I had to prepare a new course, other than the one I came prepared to teach. For the first classroom session, only three students showed. They helped me ascertain that the course most needed (that is, by a larger number of students) was Pastoral Theology. So on Monday I wrote a third course syllabus (the second since Friday afternoon). I think you can easily see why I have been VERY busy and VERY challenged.
The challenge on Darlene’s part is that year she has a larger number of students. In the US, the undergraduate course she teaches in Physical Assessment and Diagnosis would be limited to 12-15 students. Here she has had 20, then 35, then 50, and now 70 students. This is VERY challenging. For the lab sections she has to divide the class into three groups, so she is VERY busy all day (from 7:30 am – 5:00 pm!).
So there has been no time to blog!
I can see that this is a very challenging time for both of you... but He will give you grace to accomplish the mission set forth. Praying for you during this time...
ReplyDeleteTried to make contact via skype a couple times but get disconnected. We should keep trying... perhaps tomorrow afternoon?
Love & prayers,
M