Today I am in a much more positive mood. Maybe it was studying that scripture more. Maybe some of you were praying for me. I think at least in part it was getting out to the pool and doing something I am good at - teaching swimming! Whatever it was, I am remarkably better. Now my prayer is to carry this with me in the week to come.
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The adult class - Front Row: Oswol, Selvin, Heber
Standing: Nicolle, Shelly, Caleb, Zeydi, Estephany, Karla, Clara, Sahory, Maritza, Jossira, Veronica |
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| Same group with me in it and laughing |
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| Clara and her girls. Clara is now officially Leukemia free! |
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Me with my first English students from 2 years ago.
Now I am teaching them swimming! |
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| Me with Jossira, my friend who hooks me up at the sushi restaurant. |
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| Veronica and I took a similar picture 2 years ago |
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| Vero and me 2 years ago |
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| We were trying to recreate it. |
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| The ladies from Usami sushi restaurant |
We had to wait a while before the pool was clean, so we did a little photo shoot.
Swimming with the adults today was great. I really don't like getting up at 5 a.m., but in the end it is always worth it. Today the trainer came, but his 2 assistants didn't. I planned on swimming today, but instead I had to teach the advanced class. We all had a great time and they learned a lot. We are still working on the kick. Most of them have a good kick, but I want them to have a really good kick before we add arms. If I let them add arms too soon they could get sloppy in their technique. We did the kick for backstroke too, and they learned to keep their hips up and their head back. Lastly they all learned to dive! Every single one of them from my group can dive now.
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| The beginners group |
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| My students practicing their patada (kick) |
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| Karla doing burbujas (bubbles to practice breathing) |
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| Everyone in my class learned to dive today! |
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| Zeydi and Clara relaxing at the end of class |
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| Selvin needs some rest too |
We have 12 more weeks of swimming. The trainer said he thinks I will have my group doing all four styles of swimming by the time we're done. He was surprised how much we advanced today. He said that he really loves they way our group is so eager to learn.
