Segments of emails from Kyle - Posted by Nancy (no edits)

Housing: My apartment is fine, two partitioned in little bedrooms but I have the one with the window unit AC so I'm not going to complain. It has a kitchenette with a mini fridge, sink, microwave, and a heating element. A little folding table and chairs are kind of pushed into the kitchen hallway area there too. The bathroom is pretty nice once I seal up all the crack to keep the bugs out! Sink, shower, toilet all working fine. 10 of us live at the apartments there in five apts on the third floor. The others all live in 3s or 4s at house families compounds. One of these compounds is a little bit of a hike past the school. School: I will be teaching 9th grade Earth Science and I'm adding a section on Environmental science at the end of the year. Our principal Paul is an American who's lived here for like 23 years so we are in good hands here at school. I have my schedule now, 1st period is currently an open work period, 2nd period is my 9th grade level C class, 3rd is 9th lvl B, 4th is 9th lvl A, and 5th is 10th grade lvl D and and 10F Pre Alegebra Basic Math. The levels are students English skills abilities with A being the best English speakers. Fun in the Sun:(and sometimes the rain) Then on Sunday we just went swimming and eating over at a hotel called Truk Stop which is like little America here so the girls can swim in shorts and suit tops and not shirts and skirts. Not a lot of it on the island though if I like go out to eat at High Tide I can get a cheeseburger! I have swam plenty at Truk Stop and snorkeled with other peoples gear, but havent paid to snorkel yet. I did a little snorkeling at Blue Lagoon resort this last saturday and it was some good snorkeling in comparison. I had fun weekend at one of the picnic islands called Pisaar. (Pronounced Peace-ar) It was an island that you can pay to just stay for the night and it was just a small atoll with like 30 palm trees and is right on the edge of the lagoon so we walked out to the reef and enjoyed watching the surf and the tidal pools. I found an eel! Unfo I was a coconut tree climbing and coconut machetying master this weekend. One of the local boys that lives at one of the other volunteers compound taught me the basics on tree climbing and then preparing a coconut. Ill have a video made up of me doing it, its a blast and I really enjoy it, obviously due to the climbing a tree with a 2 foot machete part haha. Links http://www.bluelagoondiveresort.com/index.html http://www.trukstophotel.com/index.html