I love seeing English translations here…and I think it is ok to laugh because people like to chuckle at my spanish translations as well. The church on our base had a Valentine event for their teens and decorated with these words…love and friendly…and I love it. We need more love right now…and definitely more friendly–just being kind and encouraging, to everyone, not just our inner circle amigos.
Our month of school after Christmas break has swirled by in a whirlwind of adjustment, but maybe a little normal too. Our first few weeks were spent rearranging classes to account for some of our loss of staff. One of our wonderful teachers, Cristina, stepped out of the roll of part-time middle school teacher and into the roll of full-time fifth grade teacher. We are so thankful for her willingness to do this, especially as she also does other ministry in addition to teaching. Mike and Bill added her middle school classes to their load and we added on one other addition to our “teaching” staff: one of our seniors, a very talented artist, volunteered to teach art to the little kids during her break time.
Student Council hosted a Spirit Week in January to add some fun to our school year. Students dressed up for Disney Day, Decade Day, Face Paint Day, Career Day and Book Character Day. Pictures are better than words so check out the creativeness of our students (and teachers)!
Our church, Iglesia Evangelica Misonera de Pucallpa, hosted a teen retreat this past weekend for 40 youth. Several of our SAM Academy students attended and had a blast doing wild competitions and participating in Bible lessons with the other Peruvian teens.
Though not too much exciting, I hope these picture make you smile. We are so blessed to work with such a “friendly,” wonderful group of kids and we pray each day we can be their stability…their encouragement…and the light that points them toward Jesus.
We are beginning to make plans for our HMA (furlough) that will be happening this summer. We have plans to be in the US from June to early September and look forward to spending time with you! Please keep us in prayer as we begin to make plans.
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