After Christmas break (2 weeks of pure joy at home) I came back feeling refreshed and pumped up for the rest of the school year. However, teaching is really like a roller coaster...it's different day to day and week to week. Some days are wonderful and I feel like I'm making such a difference...and other days I feel insufficient and unsuccessful.
This week I had one really rough day. Those are the kind of days that I ask God to remind me why He brought me here. THEN I had a whole day off to work in my class (for the inauguration of the new Honduran president, Pepe Lobo) which gave me a chance to get my classroom organized (what a big help)! Also, Friday was one of the BEST days of school yet! There was so much LOVE in my classroom. Let me give you a picture of what it was like...
-My students walked in giving me hugs, kisses, smiles, high-fives, and/or handshakes (I always say good morning to each one and expect them to say it in return.)
-Once they are situated I say (like every other day), "Good morning boys and girls..." and they reply "Gooooooood morrrrrning Miiiiiiiiisssssss Mevisssssssen!" (LOVE IT).
-Their journal for the day was, "Who do you love? I love _______." Almost all of them said "I love Miss Mevissen. " :D
-During our daily morning meeting I picked Frank's stick to be my helper (I've just recently let the students "be the teacher" for calendar time). After he lead the normal routine I gave him the choice for our morning prayer to sing a song to God or say a prayer...and he choose to pray (the first kid to do so)! He said an entire prayer to God in English all by himself as the class repeated, "Dear God, thank you for my family, for my mom, my dad, my brother, my sister, my teacher, my friends. Help me to be an excellent student. We love you. Amen." I was bursting with joy and could have cried the most happiest of tears. It was a beautiful and touching moment.
-We had a wonderful day together making fact family houses, learning about letters, and writing about places. I had fun teaching and I'm pretty certain the kids were having fun learning.
All I can do is give thanks and praise to God for bringing me here and allowing me to serve Him in this way. All I can say is I think God is doing big things here and I'm pretty certain He's got some even bigger plans in store.
In other news...today was the first day of our new youth group aka Life Teen! Sarah, Dan, and I kicked it off today for the 6th and 7th graders of Santa Clara. Although we had a small turnout, we had a great time and I'm excited to see what God has in store for this. Like I said...BIG THINGS.
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