7th week – 12th week – Traveling Adventure's

I just got back from Greece and had lunch with my sweet friend from Sweden.

I met this sweet Korean friend at my week long Spanish class and we had lunch to get know each other.

I taught first grade English by using pictures and I had them draw pictures.

2nd graders did a little science project with colors.

I met these sweet ladies at the International Church of Barcelona. They were studying abroad and we could relate with each other. We had great conversations about our struggles and talked about the areas Jesus was growing us in. It was a blessing having a community of believers that were experiencing the same thing while being away from home.

8th week– I arrived back from Granada Spain, visiting one of my friends from Colorado Christian University who was doing ministry there. I had a wonderful time there. I enjoyed all of our deep conversations about what God has been doing in our life.

I met up with one of my friends from Switzerland for coffee. It was lovely to be able to spend time with her.

I participated in a cooking night! It was a lot of fun to learn how to cook Romesco Sauce, Paella Valencian Style, Patatas Bravas, and Crema Catalana.

5th graders measuring and comparing the amount of sugar in food.

I came up with the idea to have 2nd grade make colorful coffee filters with color dye and water. We let them dry and put them on black paper. They enjoyed this activity.

2nd graders tracing shadows on paper. The students thought this activity was fun.

Drawing a picture with their eyes closed (some students cheated and opened their eyes)

5th and 6th grade learning about density.

9th Week: I traveled to Rome, Italy and enjoyed seeing seeing so many historical places. I loved all of the architecture and beautiful buildings. I visited one of friends who married an Italian. I had a good time catching up and learning about Italy’s culture.

Learning how multiple kinds of liquids have different levels of density.

Students were learning some Braille and was learning how important our eyesight is. Elena and I had the students use play dough to make their name in Braille.

A Sweet Memory with my Student

Since some of the students are from Morocco and knows Arabic, they tried to teach the class what some of the words were. I enjoyed seeing all of them work together and be excited to share something from their family

These two videos shows the students working together with sounding out words in Arabic.

Cooking American dish with my host mom Catalina.

10th week: I traveled to Germany to visit one of my past foreign exchange students from Berlin. I visited another friend in Hamburg too. I enjoyed re-connecting with my friends from Germany since it was 14 years or more since I have seen them.

This is Noor, she wanted to practice writing words in English. She was so sweet!! We created a bond over practicing writing English words on a white board.

Zara is a sweet 2nd grader. She loved holding my hand and always wanted a hug.

The English speaking teachers I worked with at Escolla Castella. We went out to get “pinchos,” they are a little snacks and drinks. It was a fun time talking about the differences of the U.S. to the Spanish and Catalon cultures.

Teaching 1st grade about a US holiday called Thanksgiving. The students enjoyed coloring their books.

11th week

2nd graders building a tower. They were so happy that the tower did not fall.

I met up with my Korean friend and got a drink called Bubba.

Abigail, Guillem and I had our mentor coffee meeting talking about our time in Spain and the differences between Europe and the United States.

My last dinner with my sweet friend Alex that studied abroad in Spain. We created a sweet friendship. We are thankful that we know we will see each other again.

Teaching the color personalities to the 6th graders. The students enjoyed learning about themselves. The student started thinking about what they value and how they react to certain things.

12 week: My last week teaching at Escolla Castella.

This was a bittersweet week and hard week of saying goodbye to my students in Spain. All of them had a special impact on my life. I enjoyed learning Spanish from them and teaching them English. There was lots of hugs this week. Many of the students begged me not to leave. I will definitely not forget my time teaching at this school and all of the students who repeatedly told me “I was the best teacher.”