For many months, Wilf and I had been praying about opportunities for the kids to be able to get off of the compound a bit more. There are no organized sports in town and the kids rarely had a chance to leave the compound. We had really hoped that they would learn Spanish during our time here, but they just were not hearing it often enough to learn much at all.
When we returned from Mexico, Wilf went to talk to the principal of the Christian school just around the corner from our house. We wanted the kids to only attend part time because it was important that they keep up with their homeschooling as well.
When we returned from Mexico, Wilf went to talk to the principal of the Christian school just around the corner from our house. We wanted the kids to only attend part time because it was important that they keep up with their homeschooling as well.
Praise God, the school has been very kind and accomodating!! The normal school day for grade school children here is from 7:30 to 12:30. Our kids join the classes from 7:30 to 10:30, every day. The teachers even changed their schedules around!The school is only a block away and when the kids come home, we do our homeschooling.
I think on the first day, only Brad and I were really nervous! Nate and Kris were so excited about the opportunity and they loved it right away.Brad took only a few hours longer :)
Brad's teacher is very kind and so good about the language barrier. She is very patient with him...and with me :ZHe loves going now!
The kids are there for recess and of course that is the highlight! Nate plays soccer every day. Most often they play in the court yard inside the school. The class rooms are all around the outside.
During recess, ladies come in and sell snacks to the kids. It is truely amazing that these people who are really quite poor, give their kids so much money every day to buy snacks! Our kids are the odd ones who bring their snacks every day except for one (for a treat!).A popular snack is fruit on a stick, covered with chocolate. Kristen bought this choco-mango and loved it!
The kids are definitely picking up more Spanish, although they are not fluent yet! We hope that they will learn a lot more in our remaining months here. It is amazing though, how they make friends without being able to say much! Kristen has a lot of friends and plays "house" even during recess.
The kids are definitely picking up more Spanish, although they are not fluent yet! We hope that they will learn a lot more in our remaining months here. It is amazing though, how they make friends without being able to say much! Kristen has a lot of friends and plays "house" even during recess.
Isn't God good?
He provided this opportunity both for language training and recreation for our kids in a wonderful way.
How we praise and thank Him!
5 comments:
Neat, Sharn. Thanks for posting pictures.
Wow, Kris looks tall compared to all her friends! She looks like she's right in the thick of things. What a great opportunity for your kids!
Talk about tall....Brad looks almost as tall as his teacher! Cute pictures, I especially like the ones of Kris and her friends... I can just picture it. :)
What a great thing for your kids! We are rejoicing with you!
So great that the kids can enjoy school and learn some Spanish.
Miss you all, Love, Mom Dad and Oma, from Florida.
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