Hello all,
This
past week it poured so much, I couldn’t believe the sky could hold that much
water! If its pouring while we are in the classroom, the kids and I have to
yell to each other so that we can hear one another. The other night I was
laying in bed listening to the night life animals. Their noises were replaced
by a “whosh” sound, like a far-off waterfall. The sound grew louder and louder
till I thought it had to be right on top of us. Finally, the first few
raindrops pinged on our roof, then suddenly a “WHOSH” of water descended on us.
There is so much rain in our downpours, you can hear it before it comes. It is
literally a wall of water coming towards you. It is insane. With all the rain,
you can imagine how wet our land is, but I can’t help but think of Noah in the
Old Testament. We have had a lot of water, but not nearly enough to cover our
land, let alone the world. How loud must that downpour been? How much water
came down to flood everywhere? I think our rain is the heavens opening up. I’m sure
if Noah were here, he would tell me, “Girl this ain’t nothing!” (using modern day slang). I am very
thankful for the promise the rainbow represents.
A bit of school fun. The other day to
end our school day, I did exercises with my class (and yes I did them with the
class). Oh my goodness did we have fun! We did cherry pickers, jumping jacks,
streamline jumps and the class favorite, survivor position. It is basically
what all of us girls do when there is no more toilet seat covers at a public
restroom and squat over the toilet. The first time we did it, the kids laughed
so hard some of them were laying on the floor cracking up. The second time we
did it, I told them I would give them two stickers if they held it for one
minute. About 30 seconds into it, they are all stifling their laughter, when
one of the boys laughingly says, “Its like we’re going poo!”. Which for obvious
reasons, sends everyone into hysterical fits of laughter. But they all got
stickerst : ) The next morning, half the class asked to do it again while the
other half complained their legs hurt.
Today
the third graders had to look up struggled in the dictionary then choose the
sentence that best fit the word. One of the girls, looks up at me with a
puzzled look, “Nang, the dictionary is wrong. It spells struggled with an a-n
not a u-g.” She mistook strangled for struggled. When I explained what they
both meant, she said, “So they are different?” Me, “Yes they are different.”
After that she went on with her work. The things they think up sometimes,
puzzle and amuse me to no end.
I
have been thinking of certain comforts that I will have again once I’m back in
California. It hasn’t made me discontent, but it has made me blind to what I do
have here. During the time for prayer requests/praise reports at church, one of
the ladies explained that she was very thankful that God provided food for them
to have dinner the night before. That caused a stab of realization. I may not
have all the comforts of the world, but I certainly do live a comfortable life.
God has always provided in abundance for me and my family. That is true for
here as well. We don’t have to worry about leaky roofs in the wet season or
where our next meal will come from to name a few. Just when I think, I’ve
learned to have a thankful heart, God shows me I have a long way yet to go. I
am exceedingly thankful that God is patient with me when I don’t learn His
lessons after the 10th time.
“Incline
my heart to your testimonies, and not to covetousness. Turn away my eyes from
looking at worthless things, and revive me in your way.” Psalm 119:36-37
God bless and much love,
Kelsey
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