32 days..

Hello all : )  

How are you all doing? I hear it is getting nice and toasty back home. Enjoying the weather?

            After raining on and off for over a week, the sun has finally come out and drying us out. The laundry is drying, the ground is losing its marshy/sloppy feel and most importantly, the kids can play outside! As it is our wet season, I’m sure we are in for some more rain soon.

            I did the survivor squat with my class again. It was fun. This time, I let them go for as long as they could go for. I didn’t think they would go too long. But it got to the point where none of them would sit down. They were all determined to be the last one squatting. Four of the girls and one boy made it over 9 minutes. I then decided we needed to do Filipino social studies. Joy kill, I know. They got two stickers each and that almost made up for calling it.

            The kids finished their tests early on Friday. So we were able to do an fun art project for the last bit of class. I gave them each a piece of construction paper and chalk. They had to close their eyes and draw whatever. They could attempt to actually draw an image or just be crazy with it. It was split. Some just went crazy with the chalk, others did a pretty great job of making an image with their eyes closed. After that, they had to then make a picture out of the chalk image. This was the fun part for me. Getting to see what they made out of the chalk creation. One of the crazy images was turned into a snow storm with a snow man in the middle. Another white blob was turned into a duck. One of the boys, made a typhoon. It looked like a satellite image. Underneath the typhoon were the Philippines, with our island right under. He said we had flooded. It was kinda funny. I’ll post some of the pictures later in the week.

            Sadly and excitedly, I have started the process to come back home. I had my picture taken to get my exit visa/ clearance this past week. They check I’ve paid for all my visas and I’m not on anyone’s black list. Pretty sure I’ll clear it :)

            Tomorrow marks the start of my last month. It is a strange feeling to start to prepare to go home. I am going to drink up every last moment over the next month. God is so wonderful and faithful. A few weeks ago, I was very overwhelmed with the thought of going home and all that it entails. Since then, my daily prayer is for His peace and a quiet mind. While I have had a few butterflies and small pangs of nervousness, it stops at that. They dissipate as quickly as they come. Thank the Lord!

“ Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God I will praise His word. In God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh do to me?” Psalm 56:3-4

God bless and much love,

Kelsey