Getting ready for the last big push...

Once again not much besides 'regular' school happened this week! I was queasy all day yesterday--I think it was the worm tablets I took on Wednesday--and managed to make it through the day...barely!

Next week is report cards, student performances, and the Christmas music assembly. Prayers for strength, health, patience, and a Christlike attitude as things get tough would be appreciated!

A few things

1) Half-term is over--thank goodness!

2) There are about 2 1/2 more weeks of school.

3) I am very, very thankful for my weekend off.

4) It has been raining a lot; Praise the Lord!

5) We started using the hall for assembly this term--Praise the Lord!

6) I am looking forward to the holidays.

Cute Kid Story

On Tuesday in music class I was explaining (in very simplified terms) 12 tone music to the grade 2 students. I had some cards with the 12 tones on them, and they were ‘helping’ me put them back in order. As I grabbed the “C” card, I asked them what came next. “C shark!” came the happy response! The whole way through the chromatic scale they enthusiastically ‘sharked’ each sharp. While I tried to keep a straight face, I explained that there couldn't be any sharks in music class—too much water. The joys of working with children; sometimes they make me laugh so much!

Well, it was a week!

Once again I have very little to report. My class is working on ratios and percents in math, and we're about to start studying weather in science. My kids are getting really into our literature novel, The Bronze Bow, and we have started working on stories in creative writing. Monday and Tuesday next week are the second half-term, our last in term holiday before the end of term, so the kids are getting excited about that. The grade 9 students will be starting to write their exams on Monday, so they are getting a little anxious!

The hall project continues--we are getting to the point where we really need it now--the rains are getting more regular, and the end of term is coming up fast. They got the porch roof mostly on this week; I love the different colored roofing sheets!

Normal-or something like that!

Not much to report this week--it was, a week! I taught a lot, I marked a lot of papers, and life in the bush carried on. We have had a lot of rain this week--praise the Lord! I'm quite willing to slog through the rain and mud if it means the rivers are filling up. It's starting to get very green around here--such a blessing after the barreness of dry season. The hall project continues on, but till then, we're still on the quad for assembly. The hall can't be finished soon enough for me!

Independence Day

Yesterday was Zambia's 49th anniversary of their independence from Britain, so we had the day off from school.

To celebrate, we spent the day down at the pool having swim races and our annual cut-throat competition--King of the Plank. There was rain on and off during the afternoon, but it cleared up nicely for the bonfire. On Monday the guys built the wood stack and covered it against the rain we hoped we'd get.

Last night we lit it up, and the kids had a blast running around it, falling down when the bamboo exploded, and playing their different singing games.

This week we have had three good soaking rains--Praise the Lord! Hopefully this will get the wells and rivers filled up to where they need to be. God is good!

Not much to report

This week has been...a week. I've had a cold for most of it; not incapacitating, but the sinus pressure and meds do interesting things to my brain sometimes! My grade 7's were in and out all week with their national exams. Today they have the last one--praise the Lord! It's a little frustrating having kids coming in and out at odd times during the morning. I thought that since my week was so unremarkable that I'd post some pictures of the progress on the hall.

As you can see, the roof is on and the back porch is starting to look really nice.

I sneaked in the back to get a picture of the great job they are doing finishing out the interior. See the skylights and the lovely high roof? We're going to get a vaulted ceiling!