A new discovery!

I absolutely love Junior High! I was super nervous this morning before classes began! There I was, before anyone else arrived at the school, preparing for classes to begin. My first Science class doesn't start until 2nd period, so I had a little time to finish getting things ready. I had been praying off and on all morning about the class and was really uncertain of what to expect... then... the bell rang... gulp! I think my heart dropped into my stomach and then did a somersault on the way back up. Then the girls starting coming and the rest of the time flew by. Basically we spent the first period getting to know each other and used the other 3 periods we had together to get into Science and History. I have 2 periods in a row of Science and 2 in a row of History. But things went really well! I even over prepared material and had a lot ready to go.

Now, I need to prepare for the Pre-K class for tomorrow. I believe this class is going to be a little more of a challenge. There are only two boys in this class and they are super cute, but they are equally as... ummmm... energeting :p Actually, a lot of the problem is that they don't speak much English. So obviously there is a little bit of a communication barrier here. They do understand some, but I just think they don't want me to know how much they do understand. Please pray that I will have patience and wisdom in being able to connect with these boys. Their names are Danny and Matias. Oh, and if any of you have words of wisdom that you would wish to impart in this area... my ears are wide open!

Starting Thursday, the Junior High and High School students will be going out to Camp Pirque for a retreat and I get to go along with them. I am excited to be able to spend this extra time and get to know the kids a little better.