Day 5 (June 14): Teaching Away on Hump Day

Day 5 (June 14): Teaching Away on Hump Day

It's #workdaywednesday (courtesy of William). We are tired for sure, but powering through and keeping up the positive energy.

Here are some examples of some of the things we are teaching to the kids:

The second grade made passports. Only one of the kids in the entire class knew what a passport was. They talked about the things you need to bring when going on a trip to learn English vocabulary. They also did an activity with their verse of the week (Isaiah 40:31) in which they practiced writing it in English on their name folders and repeating it with motions. Fifth grade made domes out of straws in keeping with their theme of geographic shapes. Fourth grade and fifth grade learned about space and the planets. Incorrect information on space was corrected. Fourth grade played charades with their space words, so they practiced a lot of new English words. Eighth grade made catapults and mouse traps. Third grade had an art day today. For their music section they sang "You Are My Sunshine."

The students are getting more comfortable with teaching and becoming much more confident in their abilities, and still have a lot of their material left to work with.

It's really amazing to see how much work is getting accomplished during construction. You can see in some of the photos below how many walls we are working on and completing. Having such a large group really makes a difference in the amount of work we are able to do.

At our devotional tonight we took some time to get into our family animal groups to encourage each other. We went around the circle and said something positive, kind, or encouraging about each team member. It was special and encouraging to see everyone lifting up their teammates.

Pancho and Pity shared with us tonight about how much God loves us, how he is always with us, and how he wants us to open the doors of our hearts to let him move in us. He keeps encouraging us to let go of what's holding us back from God, something that we all need to be reminded of everyday.

We were able to decompress for a while tonight, playing card games, spoons, and chatting before an early lights out.  



























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Cheers, peace and grace to you all,

Alice