Right, I wanted to start writing daily.

[carpesensum]

Part of my plan for The Future is that at some point I will join the Peace Corps (it keeps getting put off further and further for one arbitrary reason or another) and so to that end this semester I have started volunteering to teach ESL! Last Thursday was my first night and I was super nervous. The last time I volunteered for pretty much anything

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[silver05]

In the case of "went hiking":

Hiking is actually the present participle form of to hike, meaning that it's an adjective or a noun rather than a verb. Went is the actual verb in this case, as a past-tense verb. It's a grammar thing that I think is unique to Germanic languages.

That's the best I can describe it without getting all grammar nerd on you, which is a good thing, because I can barely remember the lectures and I lost my Latin notes on it.

Good to hear that you're staying involved with the church! I like ESL, especially teaching people who speak Farsi as their first language, dunno why.

[carpesensum]

This isn't through the church, this is through Fairfax County. The church's ESL program hasn't happened for a year because no one wants to organize it.

[youthstores]

The student I am helping the most is from Afghanistan and speaks Farsi He's a perfectly nice guy but