Being Friday, this morning began with BIG circle at 6:30am. For those who didn't read about this last week, BIG circle is when ALL the children come together and share devotions and praises to God. Normally children just have circle time with the other children right outside their own house (which are grouped by gender and age), but Fridays are special. Alina and I chose to stand by Monica who lives in the medium girls house right next to us while Noah floated around from the power toddlers to the medium boys to the big boys. When circle ended, we headed with the medium boys to breakfast.
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| The grandecitos at BIG circle |
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| Alina and Monica this morning at BIG circle |
Between breakfast and school I headed back to our room to prepare notes for Rachel who will be taking over 3 of my 4 reading sessions since I'm teaching calculus in the high school. This way she would know what I was doing with each child and where I had left off. I took the notes with Noah to the school and met Rachel there and we had a little bit of time to discuss each child before I had to head off to the high school. When I got to the high school, Profe Ramon let me know that I'd be along with the students today (the grade is called Bachillerato II) because he had to be in Bachillerato I in order to catch them up to speed on their math material. Once again, it was only the girls because all of the high school boys are up in the mountains all week planting trees. Class went really well and I feel pretty good about where we left off for the week.
During recess for both high school and grade school, Noah went out to play soccer with the kids. Alina had headed to the baby house after breakfast and that's where she'll be working with the Miller family who had come in on Wednesday evening. After recess, the 6th grade had physical education class (soccer) so Noah stayed and played with them while I worked with Scarleth Michell on her reading. She was my only student who was adamant that I work with her, and not hand her over to another, until I leave. It sounds like she's had so much change happen lately in her life that she's not ready for more. After reading with this girl, it was time to head with the medium boys to lunch.
After lunch I made some guacamole, ate a little bit and took the rest to the special needs yard. There was quite a bit and they ate all of it. I heard a lot of, "Que rico!" (YUM!) Noah played soccer in the yard while I chatted with a few of the older teens who were in charge of the yard. When school let out, we headed to the medium boys house for their 'ensenanza' (afternoon devotional time). Anaheil did a great job with the boys. I am learning so much from the older boys in this house on how to handle boys...but still not ready to be let loose to try ideas at home yet. When 'ensenanza' was finished, the boys lined up to head to supper. I ran back to the house to grab a small cake that we had purchased in town on Wednesday and shirt for Luis David, who turned 18 years old today. He said he couldn't wait to eat the cake back in his house and that he liked the shirt.
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| Noah and Luis David (the birthday boy)...18 years old today |
After supper (about 4pm), Noah and I headed back to our room to wait for Alina who would come home from the baby house around 5pm. Noah was pretty stuffed from all of the lunch and supper he ate in the 'comedor' (dining hall).
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