Another hot but breezy (therefore dusty!) day. Everyone headed to Tinga this morning, but another one of us quickly realized they were not 100% and had to sit it out, and went back to Carpenter with the little truck early. By the end of tonight, it looks like they will be fine to be back with is tomorrow.
All brick peaks are complete and the truss parts are all cut and numbered ready for assembly.
The primary classes seemed to have gone well, but Master Emmanuel did say to Shawn and I this morning that this morning only 10 from our class arrived to assembly at 7:40 this morning. He indicated that it was because we were here and the kids weren't being 'caned' for being late. That opened up an opportunity for Shawn and I to share that we were disappointed to hear that they were taking advantage of us in that way. Shawn shared how they needed to rise to the occasion for the couple of weeks with us here to learn as much as they could. They wouldn't have understood every word said, but they picked up on the theme of what we were saying. The rest of the class we kept them busy with dictation, drawing, a word search and Playdoh as we explored shapes and family.
Our junior high kids special guests today were Josh and Nolan! They shared their experiences with school, working to afford school, their aspirations and what they like/dislike about an employer. Nolan encouraged them to pursue whatever it is they really want to do, no matter what anyone else might say to discourage them. Josh shared that 'The hardest thing to do is to do the right thing when no one is watching'. That opened up for me a wonderful opportunity speak about character and they were quick to feed me great words like loyalty and honesty. I then quietly asked the class 'what happened here yesterday' (referring to the grabbing and stealing incident with our craft supplies). One boy answered, 'All of your flowers went missing' and one of the girls said 'please forgive us'. When I said 'I forgive you', the entire class said 'Thank you Madam'. We continued to speak about peer pressure as well. It was a wonderful class and their homework for me is to write a fable/story using an imaginary character and including in it a character lesson. I can't wait to hear them tomorrow.
We confirmed with Brenda the appropriateness of our gifts for the teachers and the school tomorrow. It will be our last school day, and some of the elders will be there to accept them along the teachers. Thank you for all your generous donations...we had plenty to use and leave with them, and still some left here for Brenda to distribute where needed.
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I have so enjoyed reading about your journey. In many ways similar and in many ways very different.
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