Fraser Family Update

We have been in Poland now for 6 weeks. It is amazing how comfortable we feel here already. The first few weeks were spent getting our apartment set up and taking care of the paperwork for the Visa papers. We were also able to do some sightseeing and visiting our former exchange student Aleksandra and her parents.
This week we are starting our 3rd week of teaching ESL. It is going very well. There was a learning curve in how to best teach the students but we are finding out that they need a lot more practice in speaking English in conversations with each other [which is usually the case]. They can read and comprehend fairly well.
Bob has about 6 classes and I have 4 classes. Some classes meet twice weekly while others are only once weekly. We usually teach Monday through Thursday from about 3pm to 6:30pm or so. The mornings are usually saved for preparing our lessons each day.
This past Saturday, we visited Sebastian's biological family. It was his sister Marzena's 18th birthday. We took a young 16yr old friend with us to translate since they don't speak any English. This can be frustrating but we are able to communicate fairly well. Sebastian and Bob showed Sebastian's brothers how to throw an American football. There was a learning curve for them with that! Then they got out the soccer ball and kicked it around for awhile. It was fun watching them. Marzena's cake looked and tasted delicious. We've only seen pictures in the past and wondered how good they must be since they looked so good! We've been praying and seeking answers from God on how to communicate better with Sebastian's family and to show God's love for them.
We have been so blessed since being here.
The latest blessing came in the form of getting a car to use while we are here. We had planned on taking the city bus and walking a lot [which we've already done!]. But the Pastor knew someone near the church who wanted to loan us an older car that they had. Its maintenance is up to date and it runs well. We can use it to visit Sebastian's family and get us back and forth to the school.