Pictures of my class

My class moved into a new room this week. We are in a brand new building and it is beautiful. Here are a few pictures from the past week of our new class room.

The Girl with Frog Stuffed Pockets

Personally I really love the title that I posted, I think that one day I will write a children's book with the same title. It will be a story about a little girls journey to growing up with only brothers. Weather I will make it comical and touching I have yet to decided. I will keep you posted on how the book turns out. My inspiration for the book comes from something that happened today. I had taken all the kids outside to play, being momentarily obsessed with all kinds of bugs and small animals, they immediately began looking for what kind of animal they could find today. It wasn't long before they came across a frog, which means instead of following me their eyes were glue to the frog like it was gold. For some reason when they find something interesting their eyes start working double time, relieving their ears from having to work. I'm certain I could have been shot and killed and they wouldn't have heard anything. Jennifer is very brave when it comes to grabbing animals so she quickly snatched the frog right up, leaving the others in distress, since they didn't have a frog and Jennifer did. About 12 steps later they found another frog, and who do you think grabbed that frog? None other than Jennifer, leaving the others double distressed. They were quite verbal about it too. Anyhow, what's a girl to do when she has a frog in both hands and a chance to catch more frogs? You guessed it, stuff them in her pockets. I thought it was hilarious although I did tell her that she needed to take them out of her pocket and suggest that she might want to share with her class mates. She didn't exactly "want" to share her prized possessions, but she did anyways. It was a beautiful moment that made me laugh. The moment will forever live in my heart and maybe one day in my children's story!

The God of Light

This Morning I jogged up to the pond located here on the Ranch. No matter how many times I go up there I never cease to be amazed at the beauty entrapped in such a small place. Some people may say that it is dirty, or less than appealing but my heart sings when I'm up there. After I got to the top I stopped and watched as Emmaline was swimming. I was looking at the trees and the sun was just starting to peek through the thick leafs. You could see each individual ray peeking through, it was breath taking, the rays washed down and floated on the water, causing the water to sparkle. As I watched this scene I thought about Christ. Sometimes our lives are like that of the thick trees and underbrush. Even as Christians we go through hard times, we feel as though we are trapped in a deep dark forest where no light can reach us, that there is no way out. At times we may even feel like there is no hope, no light, no truth, we are in despair. But just like the sun rose above the brush, and density, the SON will rise above our despair and heartache. Isaiah 9:2 says " The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,on them has light shined." Christ redeemed us on the cross, making us like the sparkling water, reflecting his glory. Once we have become Christians we have been given the light also, Matthew 5:16 says "In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." It is comforting to think that no matter how "great" our problems that our father is greater. That nothing can stomp out the Light and that the Light can rise above anything thing that we face.

Emmaline

A girls best friend! This is my dog Emmaline, she is a great running partner. She is very obedient, and it is no surprise that she is a much faster runner than me. We both look forward to our morning outings.

Mom close your eyes!

That is a 3 foot rattle snake that I have around my neck. The picture really doesn't do the snake justice. It had a beautiful skin on it. Brayan (see picture) is the one who found this beauty. Although it was dead when he found it, it was still a really cool find. He has found quite a few snakes and skinned them. I don't know what he is planning on do with the skins, but he is forever carrying around snakes. He found the snake on the drive of the Ranch, somewhere between the school and my house. While there are many Rattle snakes in Honduras, this was by far the longest one I have seen. This is only one of the cool animal that I have gotten to see up close since moving to Honduras.

Rain for dancing

Rain is not a novelty in Honduras. Although it is "dry season" right now, we have caught more than a handful of rain drops. Mostly I wake up and hope for sun, but yesterday was the kind of rain that you want nothing more than to dance in it. All day it was a choking heat. I had P.E. outside, and all class it was, "Miss Jessi, it's to hot to run. Can't we go inside? " Unfortunately we don't have a gym, so there is a big limit as to what you can do for P.E. inside. So we had to face the heat. Shortly after school, I was sitting outside with Tammy, the nurse here and a good friend of mine, when the sky began to rumble. Tammy loves the thunder so we sat there enjoying it. When the sky opened up and began to rain. It was neither a soft rain nor a hard rain. It was a refreshing rain. One that you want nothing more then to stand out in an open field and feel the rain soak your skin. I graped Tammy's hand and we went to the soccer field. I took off my shoes and felt the mud between my toes. I stood there and felt what it felt like to be alive. We take our senses for granted at times, but in the rain I could not deny what I felt. I couldn't go on and forget that I am alive. That God breathed life into me, that I have a purpose. I danced around and it refreshed my soul. It was a day I will look back on with fond memories. Such peace and beauty shines through the rain.

Our Story

Hi, our names are Junior and Jennifer, and we would like to take you on a little tour of our school. Please come along with us for this little adventure. We're sure that you will love everything that we want to tell you about. Ready? Ok let's go! This is the front room of our school. It is called the E.C.D.C (early childhood development center.) In our hands you can see two of our favorite things, "Nelly" the lizard was our class pet for a couple of weeks and Junior is displaying one of us pre-scholar's all around favorite toys, a car. In the font room we have all kinds of adventures. We have a nice table that is just the perfect height for us. We have an art project everyday at the table along with the best part of the day..."Snack." We also get to do other fun stuff at the table like play with green shaving cream. Miss Jessi is the coolest for letting us get messy and putting green shaving cream all over the table. She thinks she is crazy to let us do it but we learned a lot play shaving cream. Miss Jessi put a couple of drops of green food coloring into the shaving cream and we got to see how the color spread into the creamy mess. In the other picture you can see our other class mates David, Enmanuel, and Kensy. We always have alot of fun playing together, well except when they snatch our toys or say something mean. Ok well, let's go to the next room. In this room we have our circle time. We sit on the floor and learn about our colors, numbers and letters. We also learn bible verses. Our favorite thing we do in this room is story time. We get to read all kinds of fun books. In this room besides sitting quietly we also get to play, dress up, blocks, animals and cars! We have tons of fun here. The next place we are going to take you might be our all time favorite place in the school. Here we are on the porch where we have a sand area and this really fun giant car. We love to play the porch. We could climb on the car or play in the sand all day. We're getting close to the end , our next stop is at the play ground. RUN! I think this is pretty self explanatory. Look how fun! Our last picture is from chapel. We go to chapel on Fridays. We sing and have a bible lesson. Everyone comes to chapel. Since we are noisy we get our very own spot during the week to play away from the other school. So Friday is the only day that we are with the rest of the kids. It's a lot of fun. We feel all grown up when we go to chapel with the big kids. We love going to school every day. Thanks for coming along with us for the day. We hope you coming again sometime. Bye Bye-