Keeping up with the Children

We completed our month of immersion class at Our Little Roses Bilingual School. All the information is still trying to find a place in our brain, but the class has helped immensely. Now we will continue with classes three times a week for four hours a day. Our children are also progressing with their understanding of Spanish. Agape school moved Anna to a different Spanish class so she can begin with the basics of the language and maybe be next year she can rejoin her grade in Spanish class. They have several classes that are taught in the English language, but Spanish, Social Studies, Music, Computers and PE are totally in Spanish. The teachers of these classes are beginning to try to help Anna and Wesley catch up to their classmates in these subjects. Eli and Jaden are in the preschool classes where Spanish is primarily being spoken and English is being introduced. We overhear Eli singing a song in Spanish or counting to ten in Spanish instead of English while he is playing at the house. JJ calls his shoes “patos” and his ball “pelota”. We, as parents, have to study hard so our children won’t surpass us in Spanish! It is such a blessing to be able to be a part of these classes even though they can be overwhelming at times. It is so important to us to be able to learn the language as quickly as we possibly can. The people here are gracious to us as we are learning and give us respect because we are trying to learn their language. Our desire is to impact the lives of the people and the best way to do that is to communicate.