if you've watched the video on my sidebar (i'm not telling you to, in fact, i'd beg that you not watch it. but if you have watched it...), you'll notice how very awkward tessa and i are acting. really that's not how we interact with each other in real life. you should see the first couple videos we made. just kidding, you shouldn't. ever.
but today we made it through speaking for TEN MINUTES in front of maybe FIFTY PEOPLE without being so awkward! (phew!) i didn't say um after every word. we knew what to do with our eyes while the other person was speaking. sure we messed up a couple words here and there, but no big deal (NBD), right? they even interacted by nodding their heads when I said, "if you've ever heard of John Huss"...! i think i've finally moved past my terrible high school oral speech abilities (i groan just at the thought).
what a blessing Lancaster Grace has been to us. first they open a fund for our trip, and then they don't judge us on our speaking abilities. in fact, they rather welcomed us in. i hope that the kindness of others continues to be a theme in our trip.
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I find that I lose everything I've learned about articulation in the past year of teaching if an adult walks in the room... so pathetic. I'm such a kid.
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