This week was actually pretty chaotic at school. The “normal”
week we had last week cannot even be compared to this week…
Sunday evening we moved into the room with all of the girls
(young and old) as we were booted out of our room for a bit as a lot of family
came into town from the people whose home we live above. However, many of the
kids have been sick, so we moved out of the room Monday and slept in the
classroom that night and the rest of the week. We feel kind of like nomads…no place
to call a home and not a lot of privacy (if any). We slept in the classroom all
week long. It made me laugh as I thought about all of the kids who think their
teachers live at school as we truly were living and sleeping at school. We
managed for the week, but I would not recommend it to any teacher. :)
Monday, two boys showed up for school after we had already
started. They are related to one of the workers here and were in town. We
scrambled a bit that day to get things for them to do, but worked it out.
However, Wednesday, there was a meeting and the boys’ mother and grandpa to
discuss if they would continue coming to school here and what that would look
like. We have been praying about it a lot, but haven’t heard a definitive yes
or no from them based on the application and regulations about our school that
they were given. We are unsure if they will be coming, but we should know for
sure Monday.
Tuesday, I started teaching 4th grade math in
Spanish. We have one student who has been declared a 4th grader for
the testing at the end of the school year (because of our accreditation) and so
I have started to do the 4th grade math with him during what used to
be homework time.
Wednesday, I picked up teaching 4th grade civics
and ethics as well (also in Spanish). I’m getting lots of Spanish practice in
and studying myself quite a bit every night to keep up! I think that it will be
good for me to start practicing and using my Spanish some more and actually
getting to teach in it! Hopefully this weekend, I will get ahead on the lessons
for next week so I don’t spend every night before on the next day’s lesson :)
Thursday, there were no additions or changes really. I
continued my normal subjects during the day and “after school” taught math,
civics and ethics. There was a BIG surprise for the family and all the kids
Thursday as the Acosta’s oldest daughter made a surprise visit and brought
along a few friends from college with her. It’s their spring break and their mission
trip was cancelled due to travel restrictions, but they were all able to come
here. The whole family was surprised as only the adults knew the group was
coming. It was so fun to see the kids’ reactions to seeing their sister and
they are loving having her here! We also celebrated a birthday of one of the
boys today, which was pretty fun. A bit of horse cake was served to everyone
after the birthday songs had all been sung :)
Friday, was again a day pretty similar to Wednesday. Same
routine and subjects to be taught, which gave me a hint of normalcy. However,
who knows what will change next week if we add more students.
We’ve got a bit of planning to do today for next week as we
prepare to figure out how/if we will be changing our schedule. I'm also going to try and get ahead on my 4th grade Math, Civics and Ethics work (in Spanish)!
We would greatly appreciate prayers for this opportunity we
might have to share the gospel with our potential new students. We’ve talked on
several occasions lately about how we can be the light of the world when we go
into the city or when people visit us (like for kid’s club) and now we might
have the opportunity to be the light of the world in our classroom for the rest
of the school year. How amazing would that be?! We are very excited to see
where God is going to take this ministry and how He is going to use us.
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| Our home for the past week |
Also, we will no longer be nomads. We just got our room back
a little bit ago and worked on getting moved out of the school and back into
our room. It feels wonderful to be back “home!”
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