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Wow! It’s hard to believe that we’ve past Hump Day! This week has been very busy as Alaina and I began teaching classes. This week I started teaching the metric system to my third graders. On Tuesday we had story character day! The students dressed up as Pippy Longstocking, Harry Potter, Judy Moody, Thing 1 and Thing 2, Arthur, Amelia Bedila, and many other exciting story book characters. I myself was Nancy Drew. There was also a “Book Assembly” where some of the teachers performed a reader’s theater of The Rainbow Fish, and principal, Mr. Large went flying through the air (using a harness) when he caught a giant dragon by the tail during another story. It was so exciting and the kids were very entertained by the performance. Yesterday we went on a special community service field trip to a local school called Corazon de Jesus. While we were there we showed the students how to make wallets out of recycled milk cartons. We also mod-podged a big bin for the students to place recyclable materials into. The kids loved the project! It was neat for the wealthier students from CDS to be able to give to some students who don’t have much at all. Today we have the third grade science fair, and it should be very fun and exciting to see the students hard work displayed. Alaina’s cooperating teacher is in Honduras for the next few days with the girls’ volleyball team, so she is teaching the entire PE class. She’s also coaching the boys’ volleyball team after school. 

Last night we were able to attend Young Life again. We had a wonderful time playing broom ball with our high school friends. We also played signs and heard one of the leaders, Boo, tell the story of the paraplegic man who was brought to Jesus for healing. How wonderful it is to know that God can heal not only our physical needs, but most importantly he has the authority to heal our sinful selves. He can bring restoration to our lives and make us as white as snow! Continue to pray for us as we are a light to those around us at Country Day School!