“In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now…” -Philippians 1:4-5
The past two months seem to have flown by! I can’t believe that it’s already March. As always, I’ve been keeping busy. Here’s what’s been going on:
100th Day of School
In February, we celebrated our 100th day of school. Our Kindergarten-5th grade classes spent an afternoon based on the number 100. They put together 100 piece puzzles, made crowns, made 100 handprints among other things. The kids enjoyed having this fun afternoon celebrating our 100th day of school.
Coffee Field Trip
Here at Rancho Ebenezer, we grow and sell coffee to incoming mission teams as well as various organizations and people in the states. As elementary teachers, we decided it would be fun to take a “Coffee Field trip” to learn how exactly the coffee gets from the plant to the cup. Alan, one of our house parents, and the guy who is in charge of the coffee processing, was glad to show us what exactly goes on in the coffee making process. Here are a few interesting facts I learned:
We have 20,000 coffee plants at the ranch, each one lasting for 50 years.
Each coffee plant has “cherries” on it. It takes 4,000 of these “cherries” to make 1 pound of coffee.
Coffee plants are very durable. They can be run over with a car and spring back up to their original condition.
Spelling Bee
Our 2nd through 6th graders had a spelling bee! I enjoyed being a judge for this event and made sure the kids stayed within their time limit of thirty seconds. I was very proud of all of the students. They did an exceptional job, especially my two 5th graders! Elli won first place and Jennifer won 2nd place, although, I can’t take credit because I’m not their spelling teacher.
I had visitors!
February 28th-March 2nd was a very special week for me! My mom, brother, and brother’s girlfriend came to visit me! It was my mom’s spring break from school, so she was originally planning on coming. At the last minute (a couple weeks before the trip), we worked it out so that Robbie and Mallorie could come with her! I really enjoyed having them all here to experience what I do on a daily basis. My mom said she was so glad to see in person what I did because the pictures apparently don’t do it justice. It was such a blessing and encouragement to have them here…like a little bit of home brought to me. They were able to go on the coffee field trip with me, experience the spelling bee, hang out at school with me, meet my friends/coworkers, go to a waterfall, and help me with a sewing project for my home ec class.
Prayer Requests:
Pray that I will daily keep spending time with God…that it would be a priority and that I won’t be distracted by other things.
Pray for my students, that they will continue to work hard and learn more about God.
Pray for me as I teach every day, that I will have patience, wisdom, and creativity with my students.
Pray that God would provide the teams we need to come for the remainder of the year.
Pray that God would provide the preschool teacher and high school teachers we need for next school year.
Pray for our safety. Sometimes we get comfortable where we are and forget that it can be a dangerous place.
Pictures:
Follow the links below to lots of pictures!
Vistors part 1
Vistors part 2
100th Day of School
February and March Pictures
As always, thanks for all of your prayers and support! I wouldn’t be here without your help and God’s provision!
-Hannah Dakel
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Hannahhonduras.blogspot.com
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