I Am Still Alive

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 :)