Eric and Lisa

Good news! For those of you who don't know, last Friday, I was offered a job as a part-time teacher in the Intensive English Program at IU...and they wanted me to start on this Tuesday! What a crazy weekend we had, trying to decide if this new job would work for our family, what to do with Ian every day in the afternoon, and how to rearrange my schedule with my current tutorees so as not to lose any business. Well, God worked (almost) all of it out, and I went in on Tuesday to fill out papers, and started teaching on Wednesday!

I really love this new job for several reasons: 1) it's giving me experience with lower-level students, which I haven't really had in the past, 2) it looks great on my resume'/curriculum vitae, and 3) it's a nice bonus of money that we didn't expect for this year. Praise God! My students are fun and interesting. They're all from either UAE or Saudi Arabia, and the women are all covered. They're very shy, and most of them are younger than me, so that is fun, as well. It's fun learning about their culture and how to relate to them. I teach two classes, reading and writing, and the textbooks are very self-explanatory, so it's actually one of my easiest teaching jobs so far!

The only problem yet to be completely solved is that of a babysitter for Ian while I'm teaching. We have a friend who lives nearby and who has two young daughters, and she offered to have Ian at her house while I'm gone, which was very generous of her. However, we were really hoping to find someone to come to our house for a couple hours (like a college student, for instance), since that time is Ian's naptime. Perhaps if we decided to take our friend up on her offer, Ian would eventually adjust and actually take a nap at her house, but we're not sure about that. At any rate, we have a week and a half to really settle this issue since next week is Spring Break. Please pray that we make a wise decision in regard to this, and that whatever works out is best for Ian.

So that's what's new for us! I hope this finds everyone well! Drop us a line and let us know how you're doing!

--Lisa

3-19-07 Update: We found a wonderful lady in our neighborhood named Debbie who runs a daycare. She agreed to take Ian for a couple hours in the afternoon, while Eric and I are crossing paths on our way to and from school...and the best thing is, she's charging us next to nothing! Praise God!