The valuable lessons we learn

Back on the school side of things, this past week was an interesting week of classes and material. My Lenguaje class is focused on speaking the language in various contexts, and our weeks are filled with various presentations of current events, biographies, bible studies and personal presentations. This past week, I gave a 10min. devotional over Psalm 119:9-16, which went really well. The atmosphere of this class is so relaxed that it is easy to speak in Spanish and risk making mistakes. I have so enjoyed this class because it has given me the opportunity to speak on a many different topics, which has been oh so helpful in learning practical and necessary conversational skills. This link will give you the video of my estudio biblico from last week:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_YXTMNuJPQ

A new part of our week's curriculum now includes giving an hour-long presentation every other Friday. There are four students total in my class, so two will go one week and the other two will go the next. This past Friday, my friends Beth and Jake took their turns presenting. The above picture is my class: Jake is the super tall man in the back, then from left to right are: Ronnie Garcia, myself, Beth Florea, and my teacher Eugenia. We are all holding stuffed animals in this picture because for his presentation, Jake decided to teach us all how to give CPR. This of course was all in Spanish, and was even more hilarious because mid-way through his presentation he pulled out stuffed animals so we could all practice in a more hands-on manner! After practicing for a few min. Jake asked each of us to recount to him (in Spanish) the different procedures for adults, children, babies and pets. Yes pets. As disgusting as that sounds, it is possible to give CPR to an animal. Gross. The next two videos are from his presentation. The first is Ronnie recounting how to give CPR to an adult. I realize that most of you won't be able to understand what he is saying, but you have got to watch the whole thing just because it is so funny! The second video is Jake explaining the Heimlich Maneuver using Ronnie as his "dummy".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8cpy5-zUmc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqiw4J52-_E

Enjoy!