We are approaching the end of our Primary Course in Kiswahili (4 months). The past months have been intense to say the least. Five days a week of class (5hrs/day) plus conversing, plus reviewing and homework and more review. Through formal teaching along with immersion we have made real progress. The 'immersion' part at times has felt like the word implies – drowning… OK, maybe I am exaggerating a bit. Our school has provided us with a variety of teachers. We have compiled a vocabulary of at least 1500 words, not counting the multitude of verb derivations. Our grammar has changed weekly (for the better most weeks), and we are now at the point of doing a mock-exam this Friday, followed by our final exam for the primary course on May 27th.
We would really appreciate your prayers for us this Friday and the final two weeks. We don't end learning Swahili after then, it just means that our language evaluation is done for this phase. I always say 'when you stop learning, you are dead.'
We'll let you know our results.
Daily by His grace…
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