Hello everyone!!!
So I'm finally here. After months of planning and talking about it, I'm in Cap Haitien.
I got here at about 8 yesterday morning. As soon as we pulled into the driveway i saw Shirley (Noe's wife) and his 3 kids, Noelly (6), Lexina (4), and Lex (5). I was greeted with huge hugs, and the kids haven't really left me alone since I got here, but they are adorable. They've even started calling me Alison, instead of famn blan (white lady).
We've all agreed that we're trading English lessons for Creole, and Noelly is one of my many teachers. She will go around pointing at everything telling me the name in Creole tab (table) chez (chair) etc... She is also very eager to learn English, and picks it up extremely fast. I think I'm gonna use her to practice all my lesson plans. My Creole is definitely improving, and with so many teachers i'm sure i'll have it soon.
Speaking of English, I start teaching tomorrow in the school. I'll be teaching mostly the older kids he says (8-9ish i think). I"m excited to start. I hope that I'm as good at teaching English as everyone who's been teaching me Creole.
I was really nervous before i left, but once I got here, I realized why I chose to come back. I've fallen right back into my place with everyone, and I already feel at home. Shirley is like my best friend/mother, Peterson, Markenson and Jean Louis are always watching out for me (they're three guys who help out Pere Noe) They're also 3 more of my Creole teachers, and have already gotten they're English books out ready to learn. The kids are great, and I've already seen a lot of the ones that I worked with this summer. It's so great to be back here and keep building on those relationships. I still have some nerves, but overall I have a sense of peace and I know that these next 7 weeks are going to go well.
Right now I would say my biggest worry is that I won't catch up on the sleep I missed the night before I left, but everyone keeps insisting that I take naps and go to sleep, so I'm sure that won't be a problem.
I think that I will wait until I get a little more settled to start my research project, especially because it involves me interviewing people in creole. When I start that I'll let you know
I"ll try to put some pictures up as soon as I take them. I've been kind of lazy about that. I'll try to put something up again soon!
Love,
Alison
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