We’ve got two new students—the boys I mentioned in my last
post. Thank you for your prayers as they seemed to have been answered clearly
and we are confided that God wants them here.
They started on Monday and came with their applications all
filled out and ready to start the day. It was a bit of a surprise to us, but it
clearly wasn’t a surprise to God. He had everything worked out perfectly! That morning’s
devotion happened to describe their lives perfectly. First day of school,
absent father, busy/preoccupied mother and then talked about how our Heavenly
Father is always there for us. Gave me the chills just to hear about it!! Why
there was a devotion about the first day of school in the middle of January (in
the book we read out of) that also included other factors that these boys are
currently experiencing can only be explained by one thing. The incredible work
of God!
The boys have set great examples all week for our students
even, which I hope continues throughout the rest of the year. Our kids welcomed
them well and they already seem pretty comfortable here. They are very grateful
and thankful for everything…yes, even homework! They’ve been reading Bible
stories that we give them and sometimes even read more than are assigned
because they like them so much! Today, I was reading a book with the younger
one (2nd grader) and we came to a story about Abraham Lincoln.
Because he came from the United States, I asked him if he recognized the name.
He responded by saying, “Yeah, Abraham is in the Bible!” :) Not the answer I
expected, but one I would consider even better. Turns out he read about Abraham
in his Bible for homework the night before. So cool!
We had school Monday through Thursday on our regular
schedule. A trip was supposed to happen on Friday, so we didn’t plan for
school. Thursday night, the trip was cancelled, so we ended up just working
with small groups/individuals on subjects that will be covered on the
accreditation tests. I worked mostly with one 4th grader as I’ve
been teaching him Math as well as Civics and Ethics. It’s been a learning
process for me studying all that Spanish in order to teach it all in Spanish,
but it’s been a great way for me to practice. IT was nice to have this extra
time with him since we only have 30 minutes together every day after school for
direct instruction and one-on-one help.
A couple times this week I was able to go to Tortas, the little
restaurant in Agua Caliente, with some of the older Acosta kids. It was fun
just hanging out with them and getting to know them a little bit better. It was
fun to have the oldest daughter, Arlene, here with some of her friends from
school during their spring break. Sadly, they left for the airport early this
morning and headed back to Chicago. The kids were all very excited to see her
and I think everyone was able to spend some quality time with her, which is
wonderful!
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| This is the restaurant known as "Tortas" ...I told you it was small! |
This morning we were surprised by some of the kids with breakfast in our room. They were very excited to bring it over to us and it was delicious! I was just headed over to the house for a run on the elliptical, so I saved most of it for after my run to avoid throwing it all up. I even got a little reading in on the roof soaking up the sun before heading over to the school to finish my planning for the week. I was able to get most of it done yesterday after school
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| Breakfast: eggs, tortillas, spicy salsa, banana, & pineapple |
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