
I simply love days off of school! Friday was the elementary
picnic day. All the classes went out to go swimming in different locations,
while Amanda’s 1
st grade class and my Kindergarten class stayed at
school. Probably a good thing though, because I don’t think I’d like looking
out for little 4 and 5 year olds in water! Amanda and I used my classroom to play
in until everyone got there. We pushed aside all the desks and just played
around the room, coloring, and bouncing balls around. We waited... and waited…
and waited and there were still only 6 kids to show up! In the end we had 11
but it was a sad turn out! We had fun anyway though! We played, went on a bus
ride with all the kids, and when we came back, I went to teach my high school
classes. The boys in PE were horrified that I decided to make a test on the
rules of volleyball for their final. I made them a study guide and everything
and STILL got a whole bunch of complaints! It’s not going to be hard though. I
went to go check in on Riley after school and he was running out the door to
get to the airport on time. Nobody had time to say goodbye to him which was
really sad, so 20 minutes after Riley left with Mr. Johnson, Franky told us
that we were heading to the airport. So a bunch of us headed out to the airport
to find that Riley… was not there. He had already gone through security and was
waiting for the plane to board. Franky, being the awesome man he is, stuck his
head into the closed door and talked to the security people and talked them
into bringing Riley back out to give us all a hug goodbye. It was sad to see
him go, but hopefully he’ll get better soon so he can come back and teach
again!
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Group for the picnic! |
Since communion didn’t happen last week, they were having a
Friday service at the Kitti church. So Jen, Tony, Amanda, Roy, Danny, and I
went with the Edwards to the church and had communion. Us SMs didn’t get the
memo that people wear white or light colors for the occasion so we stuck out
like a sore thumb. I was in a bright pink shirt, Jen green, and Amanda in
bright yellow. It was a good service, although it was all in Pohnpeian and we
had no idea what was happening during the bread and juice part. Franky realized
that and elbowed his brother, the new pastor of the churches, to translate what
we were doing. I did my foot washing with Jen and we used the rain water that
was pouring outside. It was definitely not what I was used to back home! Cold
water instead of hot was kind of weird!
Sabbath was a hot day! The Kolonia church was doing
communion so those who went last night to the Kitti church went back there
since they were having regular service. I love the Kitti church because it has
actual windows and it keeps all the cool air from the fans in! I love it! Franky
preached in all Pohnpeian and decided that the SMs needed a summary. So the
summary lasted for 30 minutes and it was well past 1 when we headed back for
the school. We didn’t have any outreach or anything going on that afternoon so
I just sat on the porch with some other girls and watched the rain fall, sipped
a hot drink, wrote letters, and Skyped Scott, Megan, and Sam. It was a lovely
afternoon! After the Sabbath drew to a close, I decided that I really wanted to
bake some chocolate chip cookies! So that is what I did and quite frankly, they
were delicious! Some of the boys came over and we all ate cookies that Kim and
I made and sang songs about America and just had a great time! Some of us went
to gym night and played some volleyball and basketball. After we all showered,
all the girls got together and watched Mean Girls. Super funny! That day was
the best day I’ve had in a long time. J
I love all these people here!
Sunday was a chill day. Danny,
Tony, Jen, and I got together and had a brunch with pancakes and eggs. I then
helped Danny do some grading. I really didn’t do very much I don’t think, but
hey I tried! I also took a much needed nap. I don’t usually do naps because I
always feel more tired when I wake up, but I think this one actually did me
some good.
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Salad and sandwiches! Yay!!! |
Monday was well…. A Monday. I was
tired, and of course, the kids weren’t listening very well. The highlights of
my day was definitely playing volleyball and eating A SALAD. At Ace they had
some wilted lettuce left and of course, I took some! Jen and I made salads and
amazing sandwiches today for dinner. SO GOOD! Needless to say, we were very
excited! After that, we went to play volleyball with the other SMs. We got
super duper sweaty but had a lot of fun! After about 40 minutes, Kat came by
with some people from PUC who are teaching English at the public school. They
are staying till Christmas I think! They seem really nice and played volleyball
with us for a while! I’m pretty rusty and I know I’m going to be really sore
tomorrow!
Please keep praying for Riley as
he’s getting tests done either tomorrow or the day after!
Hope everything is going well back
home! J Miss
all of you!
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