Again, I helped teach a conversational English class at the Church employment resource center. About 40 people attend and are very eager to learn. They learn English in school so a pretty good at reading, writing and comprehension, but speaking is a whole different ball game. It is very fun to be working with people - mostly young adults - who are dedicated to improving themselves. Most of them need English to get a job - or a better job - or to go work abroad. The only sad thing is to see the best and the brightest head out of the country in search of work.
One of the highlights of the class was when a young woman in the group of 8 that I was working with answered my question, “Tell me about your family.” She told the group that the five children in her family all have unusual names. Her name is Darien Gold; her sister’s name is Diamond.
Her three brothers are named Copper, Silver, and Ruby. She said her parents wanted the children to know that they were the wealth and jewels of the family and the family was rich, not in money, but in the family members themselves!
Another young man has just taken his first real job – as a high school math teacher. He is there to learn better English so that, “…my students will respect me and I can be a good example for them.”
It is a great blessing to be involved with the people here.
