First Days - Leah

We arrived in the middle of the night after 26 hours of traveling.  (A note here, we really enjoyed Turkish Airlines - lots of little amenities and great staff).  We got through the Visa process just fine then through customs.  When we arrived to our luggage 2 gentlemen picked it up for us.  Someone started asking us questions.  Thankfully one of the members of the New Life Band was there to pick us up with our hosts and was able to get it all "straightened out".
Since it was middle of the night we couldn't see much then on Friday we just stayed in the house all day recuperating from the trip.
Saturday we finally went out with Lulu to explore and go get groceries and Elizabeth's school uniform.  I love visiting grocery stores in places I to.  I think you can learn so much about a culture from their local grocers.  Saturday afternoon I went to see the school that I will be teaching at.  I got to meet a few of the teachers that teach there and the students that will be in my class.

Here is a picture of the outside of the school

Here is a picture looking in my clasroom

 The inside of the classroom

As you see from the picture, there is no electricity.  They are bringing a generator into my classroom to help run the projector.  That is a whiteboard on the far wall.  A few years ago a paint company donated a lot of whiteboard paint to the project so many of the classrooms have them.  This building is a continuing work in progress.  As you can see many of the rooms have no windows.  I find it kind of nice because there is a nice cross ventilation of the classroom. I was told that tomorrow there will be tables and desks.  

We have not been to Elizabeth's school yet.  We will get her enrolled tomorrow.  Here is a picture of her in her uniform with Irene!

Today we went to a Christian Music Concert at a local church.  It was a lot of fun.  Even though we have no idea what they said most of the time we definitely got the idea!  There was a lot of dancing and singing by the members of the audience and our host and one other from the New Life Band received awards for their service to Christian Music.  

These are the first few days.  There are a lot of thoughts running through my head but those will have to wait until a different night.