Hey Readers!
Almost a month has gone by since I last wrote about what is going on down here. It's been so busy.... We had partial tests, and now I'm doing recuperation tests. Which might I add, i think is a rather ridiculous system. But hey, amongst all the grading, and husseling kids to turn in their math books, We had a birthday party! Esdras Ricardo, one of my favorite kids from 2A. As you can see, it got a little crazy in the classroom! I was tempted to be like "SIT DOWN PLEASE!" But I remembered that his parents were there! haha! Then we traveled outside to have a pinata! of course! What is a party without a pinata!
I had a quite a few kids not pass this partial, but less than last partial, so that's good. One of my kids, Daniel, never turned in his math book tome, not ONCE all partial. So his accumulative is "0" I reminded him every day and he wouldn't bring it. So now he brought it today and wanted me to grade the whole math book. I don't think so! =) I feel bad for him, but he's never going to learn if i just let him do everything on his own time. The thing that is sad is that he would've passed NO PROBLEM if he would have just handed in his math book. That's where I'm having to practice tough love, which doesn't come easy!
I made Kayla a birthday cake and we had at the agape feast we had the
other night. It was made with chocolate cake mix, chocolate chips (thanks to whoever sent me that =) ) M&Ms to write "K F" and then crumbled oreos all over the top. Complete with two mini American flags (a package once again...) I CANNOT TELL YOU ENOUGH HOW THANKFUL I AM FOR ALL THE PACKAGES I RECEIVED OVER CHRISTMAS! I AM IN SHOCK! Those were a definite moral booster and I am still reaping the benefits! I got so much stuff, everything from m & ms to coloring books, to play-do to little american flags to muffin mixes, pencils, crayons, stickers, I CANNOT TELL YOU ENOUGH! so thank you, THank you so much =). It's hard not to be home, and January is pretty tough. I would have to say that it has been the toughest month so far. It feels like it has gone by so slow and I find myself thinking about home more and more. 
I am still growing and still learning things for sure. All the time I have to switch my discipline strategie because after a while, the kids just don't care anymore! On Sabbath I had a thought that I should pick up some trash around our street. We are tired of looking at it, and trash doesn't pick up itself. I headed outside with my black trash bag and a blue rubber glove. What a sight. I got a lot of stares, and I hope that i didn't offend anyone. But i felt like doing something productive on Sabbath. Something not for myself. So the street was a little cleaner for a day and I'm praying that I made an impression on the neighborss as they stood outside and watched the white girl pick up trash. I had weird thoughts as I was doing it. Something inside my head kept saying "you are too good for this, what are you doing?" What gave me this idea? Jesus washed peoples feet. HE WASHED THEIR FEET! I am not really a fan of feet, and Jesus, my Lord, my Savior, washed his disciples feet. Why is it that we somehow have this innate thought that we are "too good" for something? It was so humbly, and I think God wanted me to do it on purpose. To teach me something, to show me that I NEED to humble myself more often. Anyway, take this story and think to yourself "what is something I can do TODAY to make me humble myself before God and the people around me?"Have a good day! =)
