Giggles and Laughter

I like writing about every day life. I have several friends who have ministry update blogs, serious blogs, musical blogs, etc. I like that mine has a mixture of many different genres.

Yesterday I did something uncommon for me on a normal school day. I guess with it getting closer to the end of the school year and myself being ahead in the classroom I felt freedom to goof off. My students and I must have laughed and giggled for an hour yesterday afternoon. I kept joking around and saying, “Kids we have to stop laughing. There’s no fun in school.” Then they’d start a new round of laughter because they know that’s not true.

As stressful as teaching can get at times I really do enjoy it. That’s not to say I’m not ready for a two-month break because I definitely am! I like the versatility of the classroom. While I teach all the subjects every day I don’t have to teach them in the same order all the time. I can play games and sing songs with my kiddos. Best of all I can share truths about God from His Word every day. By no means am I perfect, but I’m striving toward holiness. If my students leave my classroom knowing that it’s possible to have a relationship with Christ that is alive and real then I’ve succeeded.

I just confiscated this note that one of my students wrote. It’s an acronym for me.

M arvelous
I ncredible
S elf-control
S ervant’s heart
P olite
O h! so creative
U nique
R esponsible
C ourageous
I ndestructible
A gility
U are good!
X tremely awesome

These kids are pretty cute!

Holiness

This Sunday we had Ladies Meeting after church. I was the speaker and I spoke on holiness. To be honest that's not exactly what I had in mind when thinking about my topic. I don't think I really had anything in mind at first. I also know that when I started studying for my lesson I felt ill-equipped to speak on such a topic. The material was difficult for me to digest so I knew it might be offensive to some people. In obedience to the Lord I continued studying and presented the lesson to the ladies. I'm praying that God's Word impacts their hearts like It has mine. I'm thankful that God is always changing me and conforming me to His image. I can't wait to go back to the States and share what He's done!

CaLeNdAr DaYs

This morning before school I had prayer with two ladies I've been praying with all year. We were discussing the 2012 Kenyan elections. We were saying that we'd rather not be here during that time period. One of the ladies helps to plan our school calendar. She said that during the meeting for next year's calendar they discussed whether they needed to build in riot days just in case for the upcoming voting. They decided not to build them in because the voting should take place sometime in June or July when we're not in school. She made an amusing comment. She said, "Schools back home have to build in snow days. We have to build in riot days. Oh, the joys of living in Africa." I remember growing up in Louisiana, and they built in flood days. To each his own I guess!

**Easter Break **

For those of you that will see me this summer you'll have to ask about my very African traveling experience to get me to Mbita. Once in Mbita I watched the sun set on Lake Victoria. As you can see it was gorgeous.



I also rafted on the Nile River. The morning of rafting I got up about an hour before everyone else. My body wouldn't let me sleep late all break. The place I was staying at had a deck that overlooked the Nile River. It had rained and as I looked across the river there was a beautiful, vibrant rainbow. It was a pleasant time to spend with just me and the Lord. I sang praises to my Savior and opened His Word for some daily bread. The quiet time spent alone with Him was probably my favorite part of the whole trip. That's not to say rafting the Nile wasn't amazing because it definitely was.

Sadly I seem to have picked up 2 parasites from my adventures. I missed school Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. I was back today, but had a headache for about 5 hours of the day. :-( I'm sure by tomorrow I'll be 100% back to normal.