The last week of school (Nov 24-26) was a short week b/c of Thanksgiving and graduation. Grades were due that Monday, so we didn't really do any real school work at all. That Monday, in the elementary side of the building, we had a christmas party all day! We divided the kids into 4 groups, and each of the teachers was in charge of 2 stations...one before recess and one after. Each of the 4 groups then rotated to each teacher's station and then repeated the rotation with a different activity after recess. My stations were decorating christmas cookies, and making a "gingerbread" house. Other stations included making christmas ornaments, reading christmas stories, games where they dressed up like santa, and making christmas decorations and crafts. After lunch, we came back and watched "Polar Express" and then let the kids play outside the rest of the afternoon. And you've heard of tacky Christmas sweaters? Well, 2 of my friends and i decided to make tacky christmas t-shirts to make the day more fun. We all had little jingle bells glued to them as well, but after the first hour or so, we ended up ripping them off b/c they got to be really annoying.
Wednesday of that week was graduation! We had 2 of our Honduran students graduate from high school! I'm very proud of them and had the privilege of teaching them both Chemistry last year. I'm glad i had the opportunity to teach them and get to know them a little better. Graduation was full of many of our students performing music in one way or another. My 4th-6th graders sang "Lord I Lift Your Name On High" and "Open the Eyes of My Heart," which they'd been working on in Music class, as well as a song that they sing in chapel. Kevin also joined the praise and worship band at the end of the ceremony and played the drums for a worship song. At the very end of the ceremony, they called all the students and teachers up on the stage to sing "a special song." the kids didn't know what we were going to sing, so they were confused. We ended up singing "Feliz Navidad" in Spanish and English for all the parents. It was a fun way to end our time together!
Thanksgiving was fun,too! About 40 of us from WGO gathered at the mission house for thanksgiving. We all brought our favorite dish to share with everyone, which made for a lot of food, but it was good! It was a fun time to spend with the other teachers and some of the people who work in El Hatillo (where the other half of our ministry is located) who I don't get to see very often. That night, 5 of us spent that night at the mission house because we were leaving very early the next morning to go on vacation. I've spent the night at the mission house a couple of other times, but then there were more people. this time was creepy b/c there were just the 5 of us girls and it's a big building...and it was dark. As we were all leaving the common living room/meeting room area, one of my friends looked out the big sliding glass door (which looks out over a gorgeous view of the city...but that's not important in the story) and sees what she thinks is her reflection...only to realize, "Oh...that's not me. I'm not wearing a hat!" as she screamed and ran back to where we were. The person wearing the hat then shined his flashlight inside to see what was going on. It turned out to be a guard, but it was pretty scary. My friend then realized that she left something in that room that she needed, but didn't want to go back and get it. I volunteered to go get it, only to find the guard still standing there, swinging his flashlight back and forth and looking at me. It was creepy! But we survived the night...with little sleep b/c some of the girls were being very giggly...and left the next morning for vacation! (I'll write more about that in my next post)
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