EnJOYing every moment here

Last night we had Parent-Teacher Conferences.  School was over at noon, and parents came from 2:30 until 6pm.  I had a 7th grade student translating for me this time, so it was nice to get to know her more.  I only had six parents come for conferences this time, so I had a lot of time to sit and practice my Spanish, and also play hangman and tic-tac-toe.  Overall, everything with the conferences went really well though.  This year is FLYING BY!  

My kids do the cutest things!

Making lemonade for the letter L

L is for lollipops!

 

The past two weeks we have worked on the letters K and L.  This coming week we continue on to the letter M.  I was working with my students individually on Friday and I had them sing me the alphabet (my curriculum says they should know how to say it) and it was adorable hearing the letters/words they came up with!  But a number of them did surprisingly well--it's one of the songs they love to sing in our class!

This past Thursday was 2 weeks until my high school friends Hannah and Holly come to visit.  I cannot believe they will be here to visit me in Honduras so soon.  We are going to have a blast!  They are also bringing all of the books I ordered for our school, which I am also SO excited to finally have here. 

Flying Kites

Kiley and I continued on with our pranks the other week.  Some of the teachers here have a continuous "Glee Night" at our house, and they project it onto our kitchen wall.  I have only watched one episode of Glee in the States a long time ago, and never really got into it.  So while some of them were sitting in the dark kitchen watching Glee, Kiley and I were scheming a new prank.  I found black nylon socks of mine and we fit them over our heads.  Then we crawled through my bedroom to the door of the kitchen and sat there laughing hysterically about the screams that were soon to come.  We busted through the door and everyone screamed (a number of times) and then music started on Glee and Kiley and I just started dancing with our black nylon masks on.  It was pretty funny!

Finding letters on the Keyboard for letter K

I am learning a lot about myself constantly out here.  It's a really great experience.  I didn't read a ton of Bible stories growing up, so I have challenged myself to know the Bible better this year, and gain a deeper understanding.  For me, seeing things in a chronological order always helps me understand better.  I decided to read the whole Bible in one year, in chronological order.  I found a plan online, and have been doing it since the New Year.  I have already read through Job, Genesis and Exodus.  Each day I read about 3-4 chapters in a book, and I make sure to actually study it and read slowly, so I am gaining understanding and not just doing it to say I did it.  It is amazing how much I have already learned, and I look forward to reading everyday.  God is good!

 We buy chocolate bananas (frozen bananas with a chocolate covering) almost daily from a friend down the road.  Her name is Camila, and she is one of the sweetest elderly ladies I have met here.  She is always a HUGE JOY to see.  She gets a huge smile on her face, claps her hands together every time she sees Kiley and I coming.  Her spirit is so gentle, kind, and humble.  We struggle communicating with her, because our Spanish is still developing slowly, but we do our best.  This morning we bought her cookies from the bakery to drink with coffee.  She saw us coming and got our chocolate bananas ready.  When we explained that we bought her some cookies she was so thankful and re-opened her freezer and INSISTED on us taking another banana--it was both funny and adorable at the same time.  We chatted for a bit and she asked us where we live, work, etc.  Maybe one day we will cook her dinner or something and spend more time with her--I would love to know her story more, as she is just the sweetest lady.