My last week of school

Wow, this past week has been one stressful week. Please pray for the unity of our school there is a lot of division right now. We have 3 and a half days of school left and it is going to be a busy one. My week starts tomorrow with our last Sunday of this year at Pram Pram. Then the high schoolers are coming over for lunch. Christy's parents come in today so it will be nice to be able to hang out with them and meet them. Then on Monday my students will be watching CHarlotte's Web and playing yahtzee with the second graders. THen on Tuesday is my class party. FOr my class party we are going to one of the students house who has a pool and we are going to spend the whole day at the pool. Wednesday we are going to be cleaning the classroom. Thursday is the last day where we are going to just celebrate the year we have had. This year I am giving each student a book that I will write a memory verse and note in. In class we are going to be working on memory books where I am going to be sharing a verse also.

This past week I have more than one opportunity just to pray for students in my class one on one with them. Its amazing how much these kids just need someone to listen to them. With all the drama and stress that goes on at school the reason I am here is not for the school it is for these students and to share Christ with them. The last couple of weeks I have been focused on how much drama there is at our school and yesterday I realized that these students are the reason and they are the ones that see Christ through us.

Today I realized how much I care about my friends here. I was supposed to go play volleyball this morning and I got up to go and got ready and actually got a taxi and was on my way. I called the person I was supposed to be meeting and nothing phone is off. This never happeneds. So I get to the place not where we met before and they were still not answering their phone so I came home. 17 cedis and an hour later I was back home still trying to get ahold of my friend. Here in Ghana travel is not always the safest and is not always reliable. So knowing that they traveled home late at night on trotros got me really worried. I just kept calling finally they called me back like 5 hours later with their phone which shut off last night and then was feeling sick, but I was so relieved that they were okay. It is going to be hard to say goodbye to some really good friends that I have made this semester.

PRayer Request

1. finishing up the school year strong

2. the see ya laters (instead of goodbyes) to some great friends

3. my traveling home on Friday night, Saturday morning.

4. getting everything ready for the first four days of school that i will be missing next year.

I cant believe I am done with my second year of teaching. It was crazy just yesterday I was sitting in the fourth grade room with my third graders and I realized how much my third graders have grown from last year and that it was crazy that another one of my classes was going to be moving on to another grade. I can't wait to see how much these kids have grown over the summer. looking forward to seeing you all very soon!