Dear Family and Friends, It has been an amazing beginning here. The students are great and Morgan has been great to work with. Not only does she know how to get to anything I need in the city, she also offers good conversation (not to mention she speaks English) even though my Spanish is coming along little by little (poco y poco). Originally there was going to be 68 students, but just like anywhere else in the world people say that they are interested, but once it comes time for the actual event or follow through it seems all that were interested have since invested their time elsewhere. Having said that, we only have about 30 students whom regularly attend classes. This is how our schedule has begun to unfold here in the Caribbean. Monday is our planning day with one Guitar lesson at 5:00pm with Tansy. Then Tuesday is the day Morgan and I have off in which we go to MaribuCaribe to take advantage of the pool and internet service which is only allowed if we purchase food and beverage. Also on Tuesday evening we have one Guitar lesson at 6:00pm with Pastor of New Hope Baptist church, Brother Miguel Grey. Wednesday is where our schedule starts to move a little faster. It's a day to get supplies and do the running around to get ready for class before Lessons at 4:00pm with Vivian and 4:30 with Perdita on Guitar. Perdita is the Pastor of Buenos Aires Moravian Church, which is also the church where I am very involved, but more about that later. Then we have class from 5:00pm-7:00pm. Thursday is a day to just go to the school if anyone wants to come and practice, with a lesson at 1:00pm with Latoya on Violin. Then we go to Faith Moravian Church where Morgan has a 4:00pm lesson with Miss Herta Downs who is the 79 year old pastor for Faith Moravian. Since Morgan is the choir director at Faith she has rehearsals from 4:30pm-5:30pm. Then we have a lesson with Alonzo (Hertas son) at 5:30pm. Friday is another busy day. We get to the school around 3:30pm after finishing our running around and errands, and I have a guitar lesson with Eduardo at 4:00pm then 4:30pm piano lesson with Perdita. While Morgan teaches a class from 5:00-7:00. I have a 5:00pm lesson with Arie, who is a 6 year old who wants to learn how to play the drums. Then I have his older brother Radjany who is learning to play the guitar. Then at 7:00pm I have Jerry who will be learning piano if he shows up for his lesson time. After the whole week it brings us to our biggest day. Saturday are quite busy…we start out by getting at the school around 8:30am and then start with 9:00am piano class, then another 9:30 piano class. I am not sure if I am going to allow the children students to continue to have combined lessons such as the two class piano because they don’t learn as much, but I’ll let you all know how that goes later on. Then I teach ten youth from age’s 11-14 music theory from 10:00pm-12:00pm. I don’t think these young students understand that you have to know the theory behind the music so that you can apply it to your instrument. If you don’t pay attention to the theory class then your lessons won’t be as productive. After that theory class Morgan and I step out for Lunch and then we have the adult class from 1:00pm-5:00pm. After the adult class I have a 5:00pm lesson with Fernando which is the one in the picture above with the guitar, which is his instrument of choice. Sunday is where I and Morgan barely see each other because I work with one church and she with another. So at Buenos Aires Moravian Church I am an Alternative Sunday school teacher for the adult class, Service Accompanist, Children’s choir director, and on the committee for the Bible Torch which is a youth competition between the churches. Well that is pretty much what I do and when I do it. In October when the second trimester starts I will take on all the new students which will keep me much busier than I am right now. The following picture are just a few I have taken along the way. In my next post I will show pictures of where I live and where I work. Hope you enjoy. If you have questions about anything, I am sure that someone else has had the same question. Please post comments and ask questions so I don’t feel like I’m telling useless information. Talk to you all soon and thanks for reading. Peace is with you my Brothers and Sisters in Christ. This is Margaret from the Plane ride. Who made my first Plane ride memorable This is a picture of the sanctuary of Faith Moravian Church. This is a picture of the Pulpit at Faith Moravian Church This is me at MaribuCaribe (sorry the video won't post) The pools at Maribucaribe (Moravians stay here for $30 dollars a night, if you let me know your coming....) The view from the pools

Fernando...one of my guitar students. This is me standing in Parque Vargas with my Trinity Moravian Shirt on. This is me wading in the ocean at Puerto Viejo Me and Morgan posing for a self portrait in the park. A view at Puerto Viejo.