The electricity was still out when I woke up at 3:30am to continue working on the calculus I was going to teach in Profe Ramon's math class this morning in Bachillerato II, so I'm glad I brought down the 2 candles that Julie had made for us for Christmas. I don't usually use candles in my house back in the States, but they were put to good use here (and probably will be used a lot more between now and when we leave)! Now I know how students/teachers felt back in the days of no electricity and still having to do paperwork while it was dark.
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| Calculus by Candlelight at 4am |
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| A better picture of the calculus I was working on, using the glow of the candlelight |
When we went to the medium boys circle this morning, the Ohio group was there and asked me to translate the devotion for them. They spoke to the boys about the parable of building your house on the rock versus the sand and then had an exercise where they had boys build a house made with popsicle sticks in the sand and the team dumped water on it (symbolizing a storm) to see if it would stay standing. Neither house built on sand was able to remain standing. Then they talked about a house built on a rock and how to build your own foundation on Jesus. The boys really enjoyed this devotional time!
After breakfast, I went back to my room to do some last-minute prep for the calculus lesson (just in case I under-planned). I headed to school to do the reading courses from 8:30am - 10:00am before I had to head over to the high school to teach calculus at 10:20am. It all went well, and I found out that I will have a calculus-teaching schedule through next week...and EXTRA HOURS at it! An hour and 1/2 both tomorrow and Friday and then 2.5 hours each day next week from Monday-Thursday, just to get the students ready for this national test that they are to take next Friday (or the following Monday if Profe Ramon decides that they'll need Friday as a teaching day too).
When the calculus class was done, we headed back to the house to grab a quick bite to eat before heading into Guaimaca to do some grocery shopping for the week. I wanted to get some extra food today for Alina and Noah who have lost a few pounds since being here and with all of the walking around that we are doing on a daily basis. We got lots of pasta and a volunteer here had some protein bars to send Noah's way too. He's actually been eating a lot more than normal (perhaps a growth spurt), but these protein bars will be a good filler for him between meals!
As we were putting groceries away when we got back, we heard the semi coming...the Container! We quickly got the groceries put away and then ran down to the bodega (storage area) to help unload the container. This would be Alina's 2nd time unloading the container, which comes every 4-6 weeks, but it was Noah's 1st time. He really enjoyed running on and off the semi carrying donated Moon Pies and clothing and also gifts for the children from their sponsors! We got the container unloaded in what other longer-term volunteers thought was a record time. It did start pouring while unloading, and we heard from David (Papi) that it was because of the tropical storm (hurricane) Earl that was hitting the coast. Please pray for those on the coast of Belize and Honduras today. We are very much inland and surrounded by mountains, so we only experienced a completely overcast day along with this one downpour of rain...did I mention it was just perfect temperature-wise today (as opposed to bright sun & no clouds with burning temperatures)?
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| Alina and Noah in front of the container that arrived today |
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| Noah carrying clothing donations off of the semi container |
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| Alina carrying clothing and Moon Pie donations off of the container |
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