Friday, November 12, 2010

A Day in the Life...

I figured that I would share what my schedule looks like right now, since I haven't really given a concrete idea of my work thus far!

Monday-Pondelok
8 - 9/10am Staff Meeting & Devotion time
Lesson planning
2:30pm English conversation/help
4pm -6pm Kid's group in Cinobana
7pm Volleyball! (If I can make it on time...)

Tuesday-Utorok
8am -10am Mother's Club and set up
10-11am Beginner English class
11am-12pm/1pm Mother's Club and clean up
2-4pm Slovak/English lesson in Cinobana
4-8pm Discussion/Bible Study in Cinobana

Wednesday-Streda
8am - 12/1pm Mother's Club
10-11am Playgroup with the mother's club (including English for the kiddos - aged 3 and under)
4-7pm Discussion/BS group in Vel'ka Nad Iplom

Thursday-štvrtok
8am -10am Mother's Club and set up
10-11am Advanced English class
11am-12pm/1pm Mother's Club and clean up
3pm Classroom set-up in Cinobana
4:15 - 5:45pm English class in Cinobana

Friday-Piatok
Morning free to lesson plan, blog!, write emails, etc etc etc (there is always something that needs to be done!)
5-6pm Dorast' (youth group for 12-15 yr olds)
6-10pm Open Gate (youth group/hang out time for teenagers) I'm usually here for part of this, but go home for dinner.

Saturday-Sobota
FREE! :)

Sunday-Nedel'a
9am Church... sometimes I'm back by 11am, and sometimes I'm not home until late in the afternoon. It changes week to week!

A lot of my "free" time ends up being taken by playing with the kids at my host-house or traveling to and from villages via bus. If I actually find some alone time, my newest hobbies are studying Slovak, running, reading, trying to keep up with the news, and Skyping (hint hint). AND - watching "Farmár Hl'adá ženu" - Slovakia's reality show on Friday nights about farmers trying to find wives! I don't understand much of what they say, but it's pretty darn funny anyways!


A view of Lučenec from one of my favorite running paths. Above, right: "My bench" - where I like to read in the town park. Photo taken in late October, right before all the leaves fell