The week after retreat my mom came to visit me! She got to spend a week with me, during which she attended one of my English classes in the highschool, my weekly English class for the school employees, and got to spend some time getting to know the student that my parents sponser. We also spent some time in Catacamas, which is the city the school is near to, walking around so that she could get a taste of life here.
This week hasn't been a normal school week either. The students had class Monday and Friday, but the upper two grades (I & II Bach) went to Tegucigalpa to go visit universities. Enough of the teachers went with them that there wasn't enough teachers on campus to teach so the boys who were left didn't have school. In the eveniings we put together a couple of fun things for them to do. One night we watched a movie and another night we had a bonfire and roasted marshmallows and played games.
This last week things have been back to normal, though I am getting used to a new class schedule. I have started a computer class for two of the school employees who really wanted to learn. We have 3-4 classes a week (as schedules provide) which include computer basics, Word, Internet (email, Facebook, etc), and typing. My students are Ana, who runs the snack shop, and Yuni, who cleans the Conference Center. They are both single and around my age and it's a great way to get to know them.
I also am working seriously on trying to get some art classes together. I bought supplies so that I could have classes of 15 at a time. My thought it is to have two classes (about an hour long) a week, one for one set of 15 and one for a different set of 15. I would love to be able to give the two sections different focuses. The problem is schedualing. The times when boys have free time are times like weekdays at 7pm when they really just want to watch TV or play soccer or on the weekends when they really just want to sleep or watch TV...so, we'll see. I may end up trying on the weekends and seeing how it works, though I tried it before with little success. I am hoping that a better option will present itself.
Praises:
*For the new computer class.
*That a 2 month long problem with the hydroelectric plant that provides the school's power has finally been fixed. It has been an expensive problem and frustrating problem for those involved...
*For the friends God has given me here-both my "missionary family" and the Hondurans I work with.
*For my students. They don't know how much the bless my life.
Prayer requests:
*For the school as they recover from the expense of the electrical problem.
*For the missionaries and school staff as we week to minister to the boys. For wisdom, patience, and understanding as week work with them and try to show them Jesus through our words and actions.
*For the boys-that their hearts would be open to hearing God's word and that they would understand how much He loves them and how much they need Him.
