My first ever parent-teacher conferences were held today. Our 58 students were divided between the 4 foreign teachers. So I had 15 parents to meet with in 4 hours in 15 minute time slots. Sounds possible but factor in interpreting both English to the local language and vice versa, 15 minutes seems like 5. So we were behind by 15 minutes the whole time.

It was a great opportunity to meet the parents of most of the student. I just told them how much we enjoy their students and how they have improved in English since the beginning of school, which was only 9 weeks ago! Many parents were very happy with the school and their child's progress. I only had one parent who never smiled and gave the impression that they weren't happy.

The second conference was my favorite! The mother of one of my 1st grade boys came and was just really positive about everything. She also said that her son comes home everyday and says how much he loves Miss Allie (that's me!!!) :). It just blessed my socks off. And it was so nice to hear good things from parents! I loved that this is how God orchestrated the conferences to begin and it just continued to be great from there!

God is at work in this school! Even when days are hard and things don't seem to go right, He is always there leading us through the storm. And then great things happen, like excellent parent teacher conferences. I am so glad to be here and being part of what God has planned for this school, community, city, and country!!!!