If I had to choose one word to sum up our school year, the first to come to my mind would be BUSY! Already through our first quarter with report cards sent home, our school year is well past starting even though it seems like we just opened our doors. As I sit and listen to the blessed rain upon our roof and thank God for the start of rainy season and, prayerfully, the end to our viciously hot months, another word comes to mind though: JOYOUS. All schools have their share of groans and moans: teachers exhausted, students whining over homework, everyone wishing it was Friday…or Christmas Break…or May! We definitely have our fair share of the normal school-induced complaining, but I can honestly say there really is a spirit of joy saturating our school grounds this year. This joy can be seen in the smiles given as we pass each other on the sidewalks, the laughs shared as someone keeps renaming the Art Room “BART” on the door outside, and the lifted voices filling our comedor every Monday during chapel. As we continue this school year, I pray this joy penetrates and pours out of everything we do!
Around school:
Our Middle School Bible Class wrapped up studying the life of Jesus by reenacting Jesus’s birth…with some Peruvian-flare.
Our Highschoolers have been in full-on ministry mode this quarter. They visited Refugio de Esperanza, a school behind ours with a focus on education for those with disabilities. They also led out in small groups in the English classes at Colegio Hosanna during their English week. Today the highschoolers begin meeting with the youth group at Iglesia Misionera Evangelico de Pucallpa to practice together in preparation for a joint mission trip the two groups will be taking on the river in January. Please pray these teenagers may continue to build strong relationships together and unite in a mighty way to serve well as the Body of Christ during this upcoming trip.
This year we are trying to stretch our students’ reading habits and get them into new and different reading genres through a book challenge. If they read 10 of the 15 book categories in the semester they can throw a pie at Mr. Bill, the principal! Many students are well on their way! To celebrate the students’ reading, our Student Council held a Book Character Parade. Check out some of our amazing book characters!
And just for fun to end out our Newsletter: Mike and I have started trying to capture “Things You just Might Not See Anywhere Else.” From Alligator legs being sold and grilled in the market, to our first try of suri, a local delicacy, enjoy some of our experiences around Pucallpa!
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