Wednesday
Wednesday evenings, we head to church with Krista and Lindsay for English Club. This ministry is a free service for Ukrainians who want to learn English. There are numerous English clubs throughout Lviv, as many people want to learn English. We have a wide variety of students from teens to elderly people whose knowledge levels range from only a few words to conversationally fluent. We play a game with all students together, then break up into four groups based on skill level. Trey leads the most advanced group, Maggie leads the upper intermediate, and Krista and Lindsay lead the lower intermediate and beginner groups respectively. We typically read a passage from the book of John together, study vocabulary words, review homework that we assign each week, play games, discuss grammar, answer questions, practice pronunciation, etc. The specific activities we do with our classes depend on the week and teacher. One bonus of helping with English club is that Michael, Maggie's brother who came to Ukraine for a month this past summer, helped the Blessings start it! So it's been neat to help carry on a ministry that he was involved in at the beginning.
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