I am long overdue for a good update and sadly many of the things I am going to tell you about happened at least a month ago. But here they are anyway. I have almost completed two sessions of my conversational English classes. I am really beginning to feel more comfortable while teaching and I love the conversations that I have been having with my students. They have been teaching me so much about Egypt and putting up with all of my questions :). I have included some of my pictures from the final day of our last session, which ended up being a party complete with lots of food and sparklers.
At the end of October I also took a short trip with a couple of the girls I work with to Dahab. Dahab is on the coast of the Sinai overlooking Saudi Arabia. It was wonderful to get out of Cairo and spend my days snorkeling, reading and eating. I had been once before when I was with MESP and it held up to my memories! Each month here seems to be better than the last as I become more and more comfortable here. My mom just arrived today and will be spending Christmas with me. I am so excited to have her here. We have big plans for the week and I am excited to show her around.
