Pray!

Please forgive the long gaps of time between posts. I am super busy right now. We are getting ready to take the kids on a three day trip to the mountains. I am in charge of all the logistics, so I have a lot of details rolling around in my head. I will be sure to post lots of pics after the trip. Please pray for safety and sanity.

Math II presentations

My Math II class did their presentations today. They were required to do a project on TV commercials. They had to watch TV for one hour a day, at the same time and record how many different commercials showed. We used frequency tables to keep track of the information and then they made bar graphs out of their results. Some of them were very creative. For example, one group showed a piece of the telenovela they saw or another group did a drama on how commercials affect us. It was great!
This is a picture of Group 50 Cent (Victor, Adelso, and Julian). Check out the rest of the pics on my Flickr link to the right.

Check out my pics from my birthday. I felt very loved! :)

What a Week!

This last week has been a challenge. God has really been teaching me about controlling my emotions. These kids are a daily challenge to love, but I know that is why God has called me to do it! Last week, during one of our classes, we took time to share one quality we like about each person. It was great to see the kids focus on the best in one another. When it came time for me to share one thing about each of them (I am the teacher after all), I was overwhelmed with how much I love them, but how God's love for them is even greater and more profound. As tears came to my eyes I wanted to communicate to them how beautiful and precious they are in God's eyes. They were understanding; after all its not everyday a teacher cries in class, but it was definitely humbling for me and bonding for all of us! God is transforming these kids into the future leaders of this pueblo, and leaders that love Him! Hallelujah! Keep praying, there is still a lot of healing the has to happen in a lot of these kids lives. Thank you so much for your support in God's kingdom work here!

I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children (or students) walk in the truth. :) 3John1:4 (My translation from Spanish - couldn't find my English bible at the moment)

God is Good!

Sorry for the long delay between posts. The main computer here at school went kaputz and we've been without one for a while now. Praise the Lord it's been restored. Life here is as usual. I also posted many new pics to check out. My life is very full with many new relationships. I spend a lot of my time hanging out with adolescents. God is really teaching me patience. This Saturday is my 24th birthday and I can't believe it. 24 was the age I always wanted to be because it's not young and not old (or so I thought), but now I don't really feel much different from a few years ago, when I thought that. Praise God he has transformed me since then! :)
Last Sunday a visiting pastor from Chula Vista, CA brought a prophetic word to our church about the young people and it is awesome to watch God doing miracles! Everyday I see a new way that Jesus loves us. I am so immensely blessed. Today was a little rough(ruff - Dad, do you remember?), but working with such emotional kids tends to that sometimes. Praise God that it is not about how we feel, but about what he is doing in our lives!