Weekly post

Sept. 18, 2006

Dear friends,

The year is moving smoothly along with no major surprises. Greek, going by the format, consists of 32 lessons (over two semesters), each lesson introducing a concept. Lesson 1, the alphabet; lesson two, verb conjugation for the present active indicative tense; lesson three, declension of feminine nouns, et cetera. All is going fine, and (dare I say it?) I find I might be enjoying myself. Greek appears to be both a logical and a flexible language, and I am finding it fulfilling to be introduced to it.

Today we were introduced to Lesson 5, which is adjectives. It's throwing me a little, but enough explanations and practice exercises and it will begin to make sense, I think. We had our first hour exam, covering Lessons 1 through 4, and I did fine (we don't have the exams back, so I don't know the number grade).

Other classes are plugging back along. They're a more abstract pack than last year's very hands-on classes like New Testament and Church History, so I'm having to use different parts of my brain. The few grades I've gotten on papers, quizzes, etc., are all good.

Sorry not to have anything more interesting to report!

Grace and peace,
Beth