We have now arrived in Donetsk and moved into our apartment at Donetsk Christian University. We'll spend the next few days getting settled and learning our way around. The University is on the edge of Donetsk, and currently has about 70 full-time students and 30 part-time students. We've been told that although DCU was one of the first Christian universities to open (in 1991), many more have opened since and enrollment has declined over the past couple years.
I will begin teaching a class called Exploring Theological English next week, to a group of seven students. It is a fairly advanced class (taught completely in English) in which students learn theological vocabulary and how to read theological literature written in English. I'm looking forward to the challenge of teaching for the first time, and appreciate the notes and plans that have been left by previous teachers!
Dave will be starting Russian lessons and working intensively through December, until a more specific job is estblished for him. I will start learning Russian on a less rigorous schedule. Our tutor is a professor at the national university in Donetsk, and has gotten good reviews from previous MCCers.
Laura
