test house car

So exams were completed this week. Results are still coming in. It looks like grades might be slightly better than last time on the whole, which is good. Hopefully we'll be able to continue making progress during the next six week segment. We'll be half way through our year at that point. During this week, I'll be compiling their grades from this last period and report cards will probably go out on Friday if it's the same as the last marking period. At that point, I will likely hear all of the concerns of the parents for their children who aren't doing as well as they'd like. In one way I'm afraid of that time, and in another way, I see it as an opportunity to come together again with the parents to see how we can work together better.

Even though we're only 1/3 of the way through our year, NCA#1 is wrapping up its year and that means that I am going to have to figure out my housing situation for when they return. Currently I am living in the apartment that the school put me in. It's my desire to get out of this very nice complex and move in with some Nicaraguans. I think I'd like to live with either a family or some other guys close to my age. There are a couple of opportunities that have come up, and a few that have dropped away. I'm having a hard time decided what I want and what would be best for me.

I'm also trying to think through purchasing a car here, contemplating the idea of keeping my life "simpler" by riding public transportation. On many levels I think it would be good for me to live that way, and in many respects I think it would be good for me to have my own wheels. The price of used cars here is quite inflated. One car that i'm considering is a 1988 Toyota 4x4 SUV. It has three doors: driver, passenger, and rear door. There is a bench seat across the front, and two benches facing each other in the back (total seating capacity of 7). It has 350,000 Kms, and a 4 speed manual transmission. The seller wants to get $5000 out of it. I doubt he could get that much, but I'd be tempted to pay 4000 or 4500. Never would I consider spending this much on this vehicle in the States, but it seems like it might be a good price here.

My prayer requests at this time come straight from above:

- That this week goes well in terms of classes and grading and conferencing with parents.
- That God might lead me in my search for a place to live.
- That I might be given wisdom in the decision about having a car or not and the decision of which car should the decision be to purchase (and for a really good deal!).