Andy_CP#5

Date/Time: 10/21/14

Location: The Moon

Topic discussed: Backgrounds, culture

Cultural and/or linguistic topics you and your partner learned:
Last night I went to a concert and got to visit with my friend Stephen's wife Kelly. Kelly is from Colombia and has only been in the U.S. for about 8 months. She met Stephen while he was in Colombia and didn't know any English when they met. Stephen knew basic spanish but she told me that they taught each other, which is really cool and seems like an interesting task to accomplish while dating/getting to know someone that your going to get married to.  They got hitched in Colombia and then moved backed to the states and I asked her how she was liking it and she said she was enjoying America and didn't have any plans on moving back. She has a job working at a church that she likes and encouraged me to come visit the church. I told her about CIES and that I would like to go to South America and she gave me some good advice on how I might go about getting a job teaching English in Colombia