This week has been very wet and very cold and on Thursday it snowed but the snow didn't settle although we had several times when there were huge flakes coming down thick and fast. The students didn't even want to stay outside and that is unusual - they don't even seem to notice the cold and wet and will run around with a t-shirt on while I'm shivering under several layers and a rain jacket. A few of them did run home at recess and we rang the school bell and waited for them to appear. When we looked out to see if the last one was coming we discovered we had a new student heading up to the school room!
So as you can see the rooster made its way all the way up the stairs and even stuck its nose into the classroom and probably would have come in if we hadn't shut the door! It gave us all something to laugh about as we settled back to work.
Friday was a great day - it stopped raining and the sun came out and by the afternoon it was quite a bit warmer. Friday afternoon is activity time and we had a scavanger hunt that took us all over Esperanza looking for letters. We had a page with photos of things like part of the dock, a small foot bridge, a log pile, under the big bridge, a seat by the water etc.and so we had to find all the letters and unscramble them. I was with two families who had not been to Esperanza before and so I was considered the expert in finding the items. We had fun and found them all. Friday evenings are games and chumus nights. Chumus is the name for sweet snacks. We played several games including team pictionary with a twist - the person who could tell us the next item to draw kept hiding and so people were running all over trying to find her. It was a good evening.
Today I spent the morning planning for Monday and some things for next week. I'll finish that tomorrow. I have two people coming for supper tonight so will have to go and get started on that soon. I can't believe I haven't been anywhere but here for a week already. I think I'll suffer culture shock when I return.
Thanks again for your interest and your prayers.
Janet
Hysterical! And typical if you're outside mainstream "western" culture (think Africa, Central America, etc). Wonder what his curriculum would have consisted of???
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting, Janet - it's a blast to follow along. Blessings to you.
Hi Janet,
ReplyDeleteThey have chickens at Esperanza now, do they? Is this so that they can have fresh eggs without having to go by boat and car for many hours? Do the chickens normally run free or only when they want to go to school?
Blessings!
Bob