Hello again!
We had intentions of blogging again yesterday, but it is amazing how fast time goes by when you get playing with all the awesome children here!
These last couple days have gone by fast. Melissa has been learning from Joan as to how she teaches Ti-Luc. Joan has been teaching him in the mornings and then Melissa reviews and teaches some new lessons in the afternoon. We can already see improvement in his math and reading in these last few days.
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| Melissa learning the ropes for Ti Luc's schooling from Joan |
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| Melissa working with Joan on home schooling Ti Luc |
Yesterday we went next door to the school for their morning devotions. It was quite a sight (and sound!) to see/hear around 150 children sing and praise God and pray together. This was just the younger children from the school as the older children were already in classes for the day. After the devotion, we went over to watch their flag raising ceremony. It was neat to watch all the children marching class by class from the church to the flag pole. The little ones are just so cute in their uniforms!
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| Flag raising |
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| Flag raising |
Yesterday, Stephen helped Keith repair the sandbox in front of the administration building. The cover to the sandbox, as well as a couple of the frame boards, were rotten from the rain gutter above. Stephen and Keith extended the rain gutter so that it will keep the rain from draining directly on the sandbox. Stephen painted it a teal color to match the trim of the building. It will be filled with sand from the next work project to be done on the compound.
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| Finished sandbox |
The children here really like sports. We have been playing a fair but of basketball. Markinson is a little small to ‘shoot hoops’ so Stephen would lift him up to let him make a basket. Stephen did this many times and said he was going to do it three more times, but Markinson negotiated and got six more times out of Stephen. Last night, for something different, we played a game of hockey (5 on 5). The kids had a really fun time with this. We also had fun as it was a bit of a ‘taste’ of home and our childhood.
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| Stephen and Markinson playing basketball |
That is all for now. We will write one last blog of our time here tomorrow. Stay tuned!
Remember, it is ALL about the children! Thank you for your prayers! God bless.
3 comments:
Great blog. Time really does go fast there! Enjoy tomorrow, your last day at HATS. Thank you for all you did. Hope you get home without any mishaps and with your luggage!!!!
Hope you had a good chance to see everything you needed to make a good judgement call. Time always go fast when you are enjoying yourself. Thanks for everything.
It is amazing at how quickly we can become occupied with all sorts of things that need to be done. Finally had and took the time to catch up on missed blog entries.
Glad to know Keith is not alone in getting work done!
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