Rain & Panamanians

Picture is from outside my window. Pretty rainy today and it's still going outside. Found out driving at night in the rain is pretty difficult as they don't have reflector knobs on the road or visible lines for lanes. I don't mind the rain. You'd think it'd cool things off a bit...but, it doesn't.

Panamanians really want to learn English. However, they are not the type of people to try very hard to accomplish that goal. They will not slow down for you or attempt to use a different word to make it easier. There is no working with them it seems. Also, I am feeling like a small giant here in comparison to the people here in Panama, not horribly small, but definitely smaller then me. I'm not sure what is in the water that seems to have stunted their growth. I will investigate this predicament.

Today we had quite the full day. Had to travel back to the mall to take a photo for our missionary Visas. Went through materials in my classroom, which made me want to curl up in a ball and rock back and forth. There is just so much stuff! And, it seems, most is not used! I'm taking it bit by bit. Today I went through the books and narrowed down the ones we will read in class; tomorrow I'll figure something else out. Later we got to go grocery shopping! It was overwhelming, as seems to be the case with everything. I should definitely learn the word for overwhelming in Spanish. Things are expensive but I also haven't gotten paid yet so I'm hoping once that happens I'll feel a bit better spending money on nourishment for my body. Hahah!

Very tired today and it's only going to get worse. Tomorrow after school we're headed to get a cheapy phone.

Love you all!