Dear friends and family,
We have had quite a busy month. Zambia’s Independence Day was October 24th. We started with raising the flag and seeing
the Zambian anthem. Well, I
listened. At 9:30 we all went down to
the pool for house races! Jessica and I
are a part of Poole so we were in charge of making sure the next competitors
were ready. I nearly lost my voice from
cheering so loudly! I felt like the head
cheerleader for Poole, reminding everybody to cheer for our racer. I had so much fun!
We split into different teams after lunch for the fun
races. There was Cardiff, Belfast,
London, and Edinburgh. I was the team
mistress of Belfast, and Mr. H was the team boss. All that means is that I got to ride in the
tube when the other team members had to push, pull, or drag the tube across the
length of the pool. My tube was not my
friend today. More often than not I fell
out of the tube when trying to sit in it.
In one of the races the kids had to pull me with a rope from the shallow
end. (I was at the deep end)Once I FINALLY
got in the tube the race started. When
they pulled me to the other side Mr. H tipped me out!!! I was completely shocked. I really shouldn’t have been though. He did it again in the next race! After that I was ready, and I was determined that
I would not be dumped in again! The kids
would try to tip me out, but before they could I would jump out.
At the end the men and women had jumping competition. The women had to jump of the 4 different
diving boards on to a tube. The men had
to jump/dive/freestyle off the four diving boards. Pam felt the full impact of the tube from the
nine foot. She was the only one to
actually be able to make it fully on the tube from that high up. Hannah got the tube. She went right through the whole!! A couple women backed out by the six foot
because they are terrified of heights.
It was all good fun though! On
the guys’ side, the most impressive dives were Mr. O’s flip off the six
foot and Mr. T’s back flip off the nine foot!!
Unbeknownst to me, the 3rd grade classroom was
switched all around. The 3rd
graders have wanted to change their seats for quite a while. I walk into the classroom Monday morning
about 3 minutes before the kids came down from assembly to quite a surprise. I
had just enough time to get used to the change.
The desks are all angled rather than facing the front. There is also a new whiteboard on the
wall. It was great watching the kids’
reactions as they walked into the classroom.
There was a lot of “Wow!”s and surprised faces with huge eyes. We only had about 2-3 ft in the front of the
class the way it was before. The way it
is now the teacher has a lot more room to walk around. The 2nd graders join the classroom
for some of the classes, such as Scripture and Science. Before it felt like you had to either talk to
grade 3 or grade 2, not both. Now it’s
possible to face the whole class.
I am very excited that 2 or 3 kids were saved this month
within the last couple weeks! It’s so
amazing to hear of a child giving their life to Jesus! Please pray for them as they grow in their
new relationship with Christ.
I pray that you are all doing well. Hallelujah, that we can praise God in the
storms as well as the light.
With much love,
Yolanda
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