We had a great week at International Friends! We baked and fried apples. We got new text books (the link for your on-line resources are at below). Next week promises to be even better!
...And the weather...for those of you new to Indiana, we had another taste of fall today. Don't worry. Summer hasn't left us behind, yet. Get ready for a few more hot and enjoyable summer days. Meanwhile, keep your eyes open: The leaves are turning.
Remember: Fall Break. No classes on Thursday. Enjoy the day off and practice your English!
English Tips and Observations (from our Friends):
Want to improve your listening? Watch children's TV programs (in English) with the Closed Captioning on so you can read along. Children's programs often use "characters" that have a wide and obvious voice style that makes listening interesting and tunes your ear to a variety of speaking styles.
Asian languages often END the sentence with the question marker...English BEGINS with the question marker (who, what, where, when) about the following information. This might make you miss that a question was even asked because you were listening for information! It doesn't help that most English questioning words begin with the same sound, but indicate completely different things. Listen carefully!
International Bible Study: Tuesdays, 9:00-10:00, room 100.
The Bible story in John 2:12-25 about Jesus clearing the Temple is surprising! Why? Because Jesus gets angry! Its “righteous anger,” but its anger. People struggle that how could God be loving and be angry.
Jesus went to Jerusalem to observe the Passover, as was required of all Jewish men. As he entered the outer court of the Temple (the only section in which non-Jewish people were allowed to worship), he found animals for sale for sacrifice and salesmen were selling them to pilgrims who were required to bring sacrifices to God as part of their worship. There were also money-changers who were taking currencies from all over the world and exchanging them. All of this “temple business” had previously been done outside the Temple walls. God’s house was turned into a market. Jesus made a whip and drove the merchants and their animals out of the Temple.
We observed:
- Jesus came to be the ultimate or final, perfect sacrifice for the sins of all people. Animals wouldn't be needed! Spoiler: because of his suffering and death on the cross, and his resurrection three days later, animals were no longer needed as sacrifices for sin.
- Righteous anger is a display of love and compassion.
Jesus’ anger was focused on making things right. He was angry for a good reason.
October 9: Please join us as begin our study of the third chapter of the Gospel of John with the story about Jesus teaching Nicodemus.
Passover: Jewish holiday
righteous: morally right or justifiable
pilgrims: people traveling for religious purposes
currency: something that is used as a medium of exchange; money
exchanging: trading for something of equal value
defile: to make dirty, foul, or uncleanWe cooked apple dishes. Maria hosted baking a Roman Apple Cake. Here’s a great site of recipes from many home cooks. This one is very similar to the recipe we used.
We baked apples using Werther’s Pumpkin Spice Carmels and sugar, butter and oatmeal. Heat the oven to 350°. Cut the top quarter of the apple. Scoop out the core with the seeds. Score the inside being careful not to cut through the skin. Put the Carmel in the hollow. Make a crumble by mixing the sugar, butter and oatmeal and top the apples. Bake the apples in a baking pan or muffin tin a for 35-40 minutes until soft. Serve hot from the oven with vanilla ice cream.
We fried apple fritters. Heat oil to 375°. Mix about a cup of flour with about a teaspoon of baking soda and a teaspoon of sugar and a good sprinkle of cinnamon. Stir these dry ingredients into two to three cups of chopped apples (I like the skin on). Stir in 2/3 cup of milk make a batter. Drop spoonfuls of batter in the oil. Fry them until they they float to the top and are golden brown. The trick to good frying is to keep the oil temperature up so that the food doesn’t absorb the oil. Having a good electric frier helps or use a thermometer to assure steady heat.
Other moms stopped by and shared quick, no bake snack recipes.
Emily’s Snacking Balls
1/2 cup oatmeal
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Honey to taste
Mix all together and roll into bite-sized balls.
Beth’s
1 teaspoon butter melted with 1 teaspoon honey
1/2 cup Cheerios cereal
1/4 cup peanut butter
Mix all together and roll into bite sized balls.
October 9: Let’s make Halloween Witches and Some Mores!
Bring a small apple, an empty toilet paper or empty soda or beer bottle or paper towel roll for the body, a small knife, scissors and a glue gun if you have one. Check out this description for making a witch head. There are a good number of other descriptions out there, too. Google apple witch or shrunken apple heads for more ideas.
Conversation: Wednesdays, 4:30-6:00, room 100.
John brought office supplies and we learned the names for many
October 10: Let’s have a birthday party! Let’s celebrate Kay’s birthday and talk about parties.
English Classes: Thursday’s, 9:00-11:30, upstairs classrooms.
Our Leveled classes got new text books this week! This is a new text for our school. This product was chosen because it integrates on-line technologies.
Access all the audio files, flash cards and other support materials: World Link
October 11: No Class: Fall Break
October 18: Welcome back! We are launching our Parent and Child Classes. Watch for more information this coming week.
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