Hello
All,
As
the subject line indicates, I have not dropped off the face of the
earth. I have been quite busy with out even realizing it. This past
week alone I have been trying to sort out form papers for school in
the fall, had visitors for Sport's Day and Half Term break, and got
ready for two other girls to stay with me for three weeks.
I
got a notification saying the down payment on my tuition was due June
1 on June 30. Thanks for letting me know. I knew there was
something I was forgetting. So currently I am trying to find the
form via Selena so that can be taken care of. I also get an email
with a list of forms that need to be sent in by July 15. I have them
all filled out. Now I just need to scan them home so they can be
mailed to the school. I never quite experienced the complications
living in the middle of Africa can bring. That was mostly Thursday.
Friday
at supper we had three medical students from Kalene arrive for the
long weekend: E, B, and D. E stayed with me and the boys stayed with
another teacher, J (he helps me with the grade ones as well as other
classes). The medical students helped on Sport's Day by timing
races, keeping an eye on field events, and running in staff races.
While here they helped me in the kitchen when I was on dishes; extra
hands to dry the dishes is always nice. B showed the kids tricks
with his diabolos. You will have to look that one up for yourselves.
I don't know how to explain it. Coincidentally, it is very similar to
the Spanish word for Devil (diablo), but it has nothing to do with
that. We had a few game nights either at Miss W's house or J's
house. We even played scrabble on the trampoline a couple times.
That only worked when the kids were down at the river or had gone to
bed. That's right, we played scrabble on the trampoline after dark.
We are that talented. E, B, D and I went up to the airstrip on their
last night here (Monday). The stars were so brilliant! We went up
after a games at Miss W's so it was 11pm by the time we got up there.
We walked out into the middle of the field and lay on the ground
looking up at the sky. There were so many to look at! I felt
incredibly small knowing how big each of those stars really are.
God is so awesome in that he loved me so much he sent his only son to
die for me even though I am just this little speck on this tiny
planet called earth. By the time we got home again it was midnight.
We had to be at breakfast by 7am so I lost a little more sleep than I
wanted, but it was totally worth it. We had the second half of
Sport's Day Tuesday morning. These were all the fun races including
sack races, barrel races (with an actual barrel!), and three legged
race. The medical students left Tuesday afternoon.
I
am now preparing for two girls to be staying with me. They arrive
sometime this afternoon. Hopefully, it will be at the time where I
do not have to be teaching a class. I would like to go up to the
airstrip to meet them. They will be helping in the small but
important tasks that need to be done. They will help me with reading
groups, hand crafts, and helping individual grade ones. They will be
helping in many other areas as well: such as library, other reading
groups, dishes, supervisions, etc. They will basically be taking the
jobs that S and P (the two other girls who were here) were doing. I
have been living on my own since they left. It will be nice to have
the house full again.
I
suppose that's it for now. Oh, yes. I forgot. I have also been
trying to get things together for camp in the midst of everything. I
will be glad to be back in Canada so I can communicate more easily
with everyone.
Please
pray for:
Grade
one
-At
least one
is struggling with spelling and reading
-we
are learning a new concept in Math that they are struggling with. We
are learning to count in the hundreds now. They are having a
hard time finding the number that goes between 299 and 301. It
usually comes out 2910 or some variation.
-integrity:
I have caught a couple of them cheating on their tests.
Me
-as
I get things ready for my own school
-as
I get ready for camp
Much
love,
(:
Yolanda :)
