ESL Classes

It has been a few days since I have updated my blog, and I apologize. We went on a trip for several days. But I sure do have a lot to share now!

On Monday night we started helping this American from our church with ESL classes. He has done this before in other countries and takes the opportunity to share the Gospel with those attend. He advertised a lot for these classes and got the Municipality all excited for him. I was a little skeptical, but he was sure that he would have a class of about 50. Amy, Mr. Donell, and I got to the municipality building early to set up. The next thing I knew, the news reporters were there to advertise. The interviewed Nathan, the American, and had Amy translating! By the time the classes started we had 45 students! Nathan teaches with a very interactive and exciting method. It was very cool.

Between the two hours, he showed a short movie clip with the song "Where is the Love?" by a group called Black Eyed Peas. He showed it as an opportunity for discussion after the class.

After the class, eight people stayed to further discuss the movie (in Spanish because this is a beginners class). One of the most thought provoking phrases that we talked about was, "If you never know truth, you'll never know love." We went into a a discussion on relative truth and real truth. It really challenged some of the people to think about "What is truth?" Unless there is a basis for truth, truth is all relative. Mr. Donell took the opportunity to present the truth of the Bible and the Gospel with them. What a perfect opportunity! I found this discussion very interesting and different from other conversations we have had because these were educated people who could really think deeply about philosophy

Excited about the more opportunities that are ahead.
-kristen