How to Make a Snowman in Honduras

When we moved to Honduras, I didn't bring all my wonderful snowmen for Christmas decorating.  Therefore, I had to be a little creative. :-)

To kill two birds with one stone, I jumped in the picture so the family can see how well Abigail is growing.

Abigail @ 29 weeks 4 days

We had our monthly doctor's appointment this weekend and the doctor seems very pleased with the progress.  Abigail now weighs 3 1/2 pounds and loves to move around (a lot).  Of course she had her hand in front of her face again so it was difficult to get a good picture.  The doctor pushed her around enough to finally capture this one.  She is so cute!

January is coming fast and in less than a month I begin my maternity leave.  There is still so much that we have to do to get ready for Abigail's arrival.  Please pray for us during the next few months!

Greek Quiz: How would you do in my class???

Here is a quiz I gave out to my HS Greek students.  Try it out and see how you would have done.

Write the correct word in Greek (spelling counts)

1. meat
2. he/she/it eats
3. pot
4. cup of water
5. empty
6. again
7. chair
8. chariot
9. grapes
10. hand

Write in English, putting your translation in correct word order in English as well.  (FYI... I don't know how to type all the accents and breathing marks in this format... sorry.  However, we are not really teaching that as of yet.)

1. ελαυνει ο παις τον καμηλον.
2.  επι το εδαφος ο αρτος πιπτει.
3.  τον αρτον ο ανηρ αιρει.
4.  ειτα ο ανηρ τιθησιν αυτον επι την τραπεζην.
5.  ειτα ο ανηρ καθηται εν τη καθεδρα και τον αρτον αυτος εσθιει.

If you think these last 5 were hard, just think... I said this orally to the students.  They didn't get to see it.  They translated it from hearing me speak it.

Teaching Greek as a living language is proving to be a tremendous way of learning to read the GNT.  These students are not just translating in their heads.  They are learning the language!!!

See this post to understand how exactly we are teaching with this method.