1.16.09 (Molly)

Friday was a relaxing day for my team—we had one class at the Gymnazium (high school) in Chotebor in the morning, and a gym class in the afternoon (with the Gymnazium students again.) We’ve had mostly middle school students, so it was a nice change to work with students who could speak a lot of English.
Two other groups went into Havlickuv Brod and got to take a tour of the town with the students, and the Horni Krupa team had a very full day. They taught at two different schools, went sledding on a ski slope and had Club Lavina (where all the kids beat them at tic-tac-toe.)
Friday night, we had a lock in at the primary school across the street from the dorm we live in. We had all been dreading the loss of sleep, but it ended up being a lot of fun. Most of the kids couldn’t speak very much English, but we found ways around it. We played a lot of games, danced (we taught the Cha Cha Slide and they taught a few of us a waltz!), sang songs, and taught each other names for different objects around the room. We also did a program, of course, with singing a two testimonies. My favorite part of the night was the game of hide-and-go-seek several of us played (although hiding in the boy’s bathroom with three other girls who couldn’t stop giggling was probably a poor choice on my part.) All in all it was a really fun night (and definitely worth the lost sleep.)