First Class at UNYP

Today I taught my first class, and thank you for your prayers. They were definitely answered. Class went great, including power point presentation and overhead projector! Students were lively, humorous, and fully engaged in the subject matter. I described for them a man I saw on the street who was in his underwear, wearing a bathrobe, and bedroom slippers, and asked them to determine whether this was abnormal. They had many reasons that it was not!! (As well as reasons it was.)

There is no bookstore here. One copy of each text is put in the library, and students are expected to make copies. !!!

They have their own version of Blackboard, software written specifically for UNYP, so I have uploaded documents from class for them to copy. I told them all assignments must be turned in on line. We will see how that works!

Last night I got sick all of a sudden: I got a very bad sore throat, and was worried about teaching today. I did too much yesterday, teaching two classes at CISP (Christian Internation School of Prague), met with administrator here at UNYP, got my 3-month pass (took about 90 minutes), and minutes for my vodafone. It wore my resistance down, so I cancelled my evening dinner appointment with IICS friends, and stayed home preparing for class today. I am still feeling sick, but have been counting on your prayers to bolster my energy. So thanks. (I miss my resident pharmacist, Lloyd, who is always doctoring all of us. He is North Carolina on a project for his father, ably assisted by his nephew, Craig Dukelow.)