Let me introduce you all to Jimmie Griffith. I first met Jimmie many years ago when he was playing some music at Berkley's. He now teaches Spanish at Gamewell Middle School and has been working with me on the Brazil exchange since the Fall of last year. Jimmie grew up in Brazil most of his childhood and moved to the US after high school and graduated from ASU. He has been a tremendous asset by teaching ESL to students from Impacta and translating all of the meetings we have. He does all of this after he teaches middle school kids all day!!! On top of that he and his wife Carrie are not even one year into the baby thing. One more thing, he's working on his Masters. Can you believe he agreed to come with me to Brazil for 3 weeks!?! Good grief. I am very grateful to have Jimmie here to help me understand the culture and the language. You will be hearing a lot about Jimmie as we continue on with the adventure.
Jimmie, you make me feel like a lazy bum....I have one job, and no children...you have two jobs, a child, and still find time to work on a masters. So proud of you! I hope that you and Ben have a wonderful and productive time in Sao Paulo!
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