CP #5-Mark Garcia

On Wednesday night Gilles came over to my house because it was my birthday. I invited him over because I was having some friends over to celebrate and thought it would be great to include him. The first thing he told me when he came was that he was scared in my neighborhood because of the many trees. I laughed and told him not to worry but could see how he could be scared, something I hadn't put much thought towards before. I'm sure he felt a little overwhelmed but he kept his smile the whole time, even thought I think he couldn't understand everything that was going on. It was a good opportunity for him to practice English in a very real and natural situation. My friends were interested and liked Gilles, asking him lots of questions, complimenting him on his clothes and what not. At the end of the night Gilles went home on his bike. He was very grateful to have come over and liked all of my friends. I told him he had to come back another time and to be safe on the road. He left into the night as I closed the door behind me, turning off the porch light.