I apologize for the late post. I got a little carried away with being on spring break and missed my deadline by 3 days. I hope you will all forgive me :)
The Thursday and Friday after my last post were half days at school. We had parent-teacher conferences both of those days. I was happy to have the parents of 15 f my 20 students show up for conferences. I got to meet a few new parents and chat with a few I have met before. I also got a chocolate bar from one parent and a cake from another just to "help me get through conferences." The parents of my classroom are awesome. They are very involved in helping their child to succeed.
On Friday and Saturday the school theater class put on a play that they have been practicing for all year. The presented Neil Simon's "Fools." The play is a comedy about a town in Russia that has been cursed with foolishness and ignorance. A school master must come and educate a young girl in the village within 24 hours of his arrival or else he himself will become cursed. Of course the school master falls in love with the girl and the story has a happy ending. The students did a phenomenal job presenting this play! I had a blast helping with costumes and am now on a sewing kick thanks to this show :)
On Saturday before we went to the play, two other teachers and I went to the orphanage to visit with the kids. We played with the babies for about an hour and then got a "tour" of campus from one of the kids that we know pretty well. It was more like a wild goose chase, but we went along with it anyway :) I love going to this orphanage, but it can be really hard sometimes to see how many kids are without families. My roommate Kristin and I are working on taking a few of the kids on excursions and just hanging out with them to get them out of the orphanage for a few hours.
This final week before spring break was a typical week of school. No crazy stories or funny comments were made. On Friday night I went to the airport with one of the teachers, Gari, to pick up a group of students and teachers from our sister school in Turkey. They were initially supposed to arrive at 1:40am, and the flight got so delayed that they only got to the bus at 4:45am. Needless to say, I did not get very much sleep that night. It has been great getting to know some of the students and teachers. One of the teachers will be our new science teacher next year, so it has been fun to talk to her.
On Saturday I went downtown with some of the other teachers to buy fabric for skirts and dresses. I got a black and white patterned fabric, one with teal and brown, some striped Kikoy, and a piece or fabric that I will use as a wall hanging that has a picture of Africa on it. Overall, I would say it was a successful day.
Today we took a trip over to Village Market which is pretty much just an outdoor shopping mall. It has a water-slide, bowling alley, mini golf course, and movie theater. It is probably the most Americanized place I have been to here. Kristin and I saw the movie "This Means War." It was pretty funny, and we were the only two people in the theater, so it was a blast! The events of the rest of this week are mostly yet to be determined, but I will update when I figure them all out :)
Finally, the reason for the title of this blog post is because we made it rain yesterday. And when I say we made it rain, I mean that we have absolutely no control over the weather, but wish we did ;). Jenn decided yesterday that it needed to rain. Rainy season was supposed to start weeks ago but it never came. It has been so dry and we have had sore throats from the dust. So Jenn and I made a "Rain Dance" playlist on Jenn's computer. We played it non-stop for about 2 hours while our friends were visiting. When they were leaving, they yelled back into the house "It is raining!!!" And sure enough, it was. In fact, it poured for the next 3 hours :) We then played the Toto song, "Africa," on loop for most of the night. So happy that the dust has finally settled. Thanking the Lord that it is finally rainy season!
Prayer Requests:
- Safety for all the people traveling during spring break.
- Finances
- Continued rain
Verse of Encouragement:
"Jesus said to him, ' If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.'" ~ Mark 9:23
