According to our original plan I was supposed to be in Oklahoma at this time. I was to be assisting the students that I taught last semester in a practicum. Since my responsibilities would have involved quite a bit of driving I had to ask a coworker to go in my place. He and the class are currently near Tahlequah, Oklahoma involved in a preliminary analysis of the Cherokee language. This is to help prepare the students for analyzing a tribal language.
One of the linguistic students was not able to go to Oklahoma because of having teenagers in school so he is doing his practicum here at the MTC. Since there are no Cherokee speakers available he is studying Cantonese. I have been assisting him in this and am enjoying learning a little about this language. The two languages start with “C” in English but that is where the similarity ends.
Thankfully, I can just walk across the campus when I need to sit in on his language sessions. Not being able to drive has been a bit of a hardship, but I am thankful that there are gaps that I can fill anyway. I am also covering a Student Teaching class and preparing for next semester. Please pray that after all the procedures are finished with my eye that I will be able to see well enough to drive again.
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