This is the blog of two best friends who will be teaching in El Salvador for 3 weeks. Lots of pics.
Their story goes....
Preparing for Departure
A couple of years ago, we (Angie and Lara) discussed getting a grant to go to Mexico. We wanted to learn a little more about what our students from that region experience before they get to our little school in Nebraska. That discussion was put on the back-burner until last fall, when we decided that we really wanted to follow through with the application for this grant.
Once we decided to apply, we defined our mission, enlisted proofreading and guidance help, and spent about 35 hours drafting and refining our application, which we sent in the end of January…then it was time to sit and wait…
and wait…
and wait…
Lara had a few speech tournaments, Angie found out she was pregnant (It’s a girl!), we each received other grants for our classrooms, but we continued to wait for the big one…
and wait…
and wait…
Finally, on the Monday after Easter (in APRIL!!) we received a letter from the grant providers, Fund for Teachers, and they had denied us.
Just kidding!!
We had received the money we had asked for, plus more!! The reality hit us. We would be spending three weeks of our summer in El Salvador working on teaching English to students of all ages with the program Travel to Teach.
We soon received our checks, set up a joint checking account (adorable, we know), ordered our plane tickets, school ended, Angie traveled to Florida, Lara to Europe…and that brings us to today…
We leave the US in two days!
Follow Angie and Laura here: http://searchingelsalvador.tumblr.com/
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