For starters, I left off the last post talking about how awesome my students are....and I just have to say it again. My students are such a blessing. I try so hard to encourage and support them, but it is just humbling when they do the same for me. Below are a couple notes that I received throughout the past week:
Speaking of students - you know I can't post a blog without mentioning our sweet Inner City babies. This past Tuesday was our second week teaching the kindergarten Bible class, and we got to share to story of creation. We started out the lesson with a globe underneath a black sheet. We had them close their eyes as tight as they could to see how dark it was. Then, we shined a light on the black sheet to represent the first day. We went on to uncover the globe to show the creation of land and separation of water, and we made our hands flash like stars in the sky. We made fishy faces for the day of fish and birds, and we pretended to take a nap for the seventh day of rest. They loved it, and I was so impressed with how well they paid attention. We had a poster that had each day attached to it with velcro. After the lesson, we took the pictures off and had the children help us put them back on the right day. They did so well! Below is a picture of the poster:
In light of of the Tuesday night bus ministry, please be in prayer for one of the sweet girls. She is a first grader and was in our class last year. She refuses to go into the first grade class because she has to be around Paul. She always tells him how she wishes he was her father (sidenote: her father is in prison for a LONG time; I do not even know if she has ever seen him out of prison). She will not leave the bus each week without giving Paul a big hug and telling him she loves him. I am so glad Paul is there for her, but it truly breaks my heart.
On another note, we are also continuing to tutor on Wednesdays at the Inner City. This past week, I was blessed to be able to tutor one of the precious second grade kids, who also happens to be autistic. I worked with him all summer during their summer program, and he is just so sweet. He loves to draw and gets side-tracked very easily, but a little love and patience goes a long way with him. I got really frustrated one week with a tutor who complained about how he "just couldn't learn him math" and "didn't pay attention" and was "hard to work with." Considering this tutor is a retired teacher, I have to admit that I was quite frustrated with her attitude towards him. So, thankfully, I was able to work with him this week. I am happy to say that I beg to differ with the opinion of the other lady. After explaining how the ALLIGATOR EATS THE BIG NUMBERS (about ten times, but that's perfectly okay), I am proud to say he now knows his greater-than and less-than signs in math!!
Continuing the note of working with children, I completed my cheerleading sponsor duties this past week and washed all of the cheerleading uniforms and set the colors in them. I am now gearing up for their fundraiser for the year (which are very cute spirit shirts this year).
Now, as promised by the title of this blog - I have an announcement to make:
BOLD
Attention ladies:
I have now found the best mascara ever! It is worth every penny and truly makes a difference. You have to try Benefit Make-up's "They're Real" Mascara. It's awesome! You can get is at Sephora and Ulta and many other department stores.
EVEN BOLDER
Even bolder than this mascara was the fire that we saw last week. My family came up to visit last weekend, and we went to Bojangles for breakfast on Saturday morning. As we were leaving Bojangles, we saw dark smoke coming over the top of the building. My father went to make sure the building wasn't on fire or anything, and about that time a lady drove by and said that a car was on fire in the next parking lot. Of course, we had to go see it, and WOW! This is what we saw:
It was definitely one of the craziest, coolest, and saddest things I have ever seen.
Speaking of flames, Paul definitely wasn't excited about the number of candles that would have been on his birthday cake this week. He is now 29 years young, but he claims that he is not celebrating any more birthdays. We had fun celebrating his birthday with his family and our Inner City children. They sang happy birthday to him on Tuesday night. I'm not sure if they were more excited about his birthday or the cupcakes, but they loved it.
It has been a crazy, but fun couple weeks. Now, it's time for me to get back to grading, lesson plans, and the ball game. I will post pictures later of some of my students' summer reading scrapbook projects. Some of them turned out so neat that I just have to share. Those pics are coming soon! Also, I will be posting a new post about my research on homelessness in America. With the cooler weather quickly approaching, I want to share ways that we can help. Now, let's Roll Tide Roll!
We love you all! Please keep in touch! Until next time...
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