Last week we had a Valentine's Day party in my classroom. It was a blast! The students all got to make bags to put their candy in as well as make cards with hand prints formed into a heart. The picture you see is one from Pintrest, but ours looked similar. We had cookies and soda, and more cookies and candy, and more sugar and then I sent them all home to their parents :)Last week, my students read a story about baseball and I may or may not have brainwashed them to believe that the Phillies are the best baseball team on the planet. They learned quickly, from the White Sox loving 3rd grade teacher, that I may have been slightly biased. :) The week pretty much continued normally. I slowly regained back my strength from being sick and was able to get a lot of sleep to recover. On Friday night, two of my roommates and I babysat for the principal's three adorable children. I have never babysat with so many other adults! It was a fun time though. We watched Power Rangers with the kids, and it took me back to the good old days when I wanted to be the pink ranger :) After the kids went to bed, my roommates and I watched the first Lord of the Rings movie. I think we still have about 100 movies left on the list of movies I need to see. I was evidently sheltered growing up!
On Saturday, all four of my roommates and I went with a few of the other teachers to Crescent Island again. We got to walk with the animals like Doctor Dolittle (although I am still working on that talking thing :) ). Jenn got within about 10 feet of a giraffe before it noticed she was there. It was incredible! It drizzled all day, but it wasn't too bad until we were headed back to the bus. We got about 300 yards away and it started to downpour! It was the hardest rain I have ever been trapped in. I thought it was hailing because the drops hurt so badly! We finally made it back to the bus and just as we were about to leave, we saw a hippo out of the water! It was huge! We stayed clear of it though because they can get mean if they feel threatened. Finally, we headed back to school on a one hour bus ride, completely soaked. On Sunday, Jenn and I decided to go back to a church I had attended only once before, and she had attended twice. We really liked the service and the pastor. I think we may have finally found a church to attend regularly! Praise the Lord! After church we got the best ice cream we have had in Kenya. It almost tasted like home. We decided that we can get the ice cream whenever we want as long as we walk a 5K afterwards :)
Finally, I want to write about my finances. Some of you are supporting my monthly, and I am so grateful for that support! It helps with the day to day expenses like food, transportation, and rewards for my students. I am, however, in need of some one time donations if anyone is willing to help. The one time donations that were given at the beginning of my time here have been used for furniture, a car, and other start up costs. I would like to come home this summer, but plane ticket prices have gone up a few hundred dollars since I came home at Christmas. My goal is to raise $2000 before June in order to cover my plane ticket and have a small amount of money left over for gas and a few social outings while I am home for 7 weeks. If you are able to help with these costs, please e-mail me or message me on facebook so that I can talk to you about how to donate. You can also go to http://nics.org/Donate-start to donate anonymously. If you use the website, you can click on "single donation" and then select "missionary support" under the drop down menu for "destination." You can then type my name in the box provided. All donations done through the website are tax deductible. NICS does take out 8-10% of donations to support the home office. I am so thankful for all of you who pray for me every day and for those of you who are supporting me financially so that I am able to stay here and work with the students at WNS. I could not do this without you!
Prayer Requests:
- For the heath of the staff at the school. Everyone seems to be getting colds and stomach viruses like I had. Pray for healing for them please.
- For all of the teachers who are transitioning to or from Kenya this coming year. Pray for wisdom in decision making and for peace about the decisions they do make.
Verse of Encouragement:
"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." Ephesians 6:10-17
Finally, I want to include a funny photo that I think many of you will enjoy :)
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