This has been a very busy week and seems to be only the foreshadowing of the weeks to come! Yet the blessing of work comes the opportunities to serve! Along with the regular classroom responsibilities, art club, after school tutoring for students, ordering books for next year, the surprise challenges, and Family Adventure Night. This Friday we had Family Adventure Night, which was a PTA run event used to raise money for a new playground. A carnival like set up each grade was paired with another one (4th and 10th, GO PURPLE TEAM!!!!) on a team to run a booth and games to receive tickets. The competition to see who can get the most tickets wins a party for the grades. Thankfully the event went very smoothly. It was a wonderful opportunity to work with my parents and get to know them better. The Lord has truly blessed me with the improvement of my Spanish and ability to converse with many of these parents. While this event was to mostly be run by the parents, my room parent and I had the chance to work together well planning the booth and decorating that night. It was great to have a chance to get out of the classroom and bond with my students. 
We finished our math and science chapters last week and are entering into our last chapters before Christmas/summer break. With this comes the start of our ending project! The last week of school, while the high school and middle school are taking their finals we will be building and designing an entire AMUSEMENT PARK!!!!!!!!! This week 4th and 5th grade are starting to design their own rides, applying the physics concepts which we are learning about! The fourth graders are using transition, rotation, and vibration forms of motion, along with force, work, and taking into consideration the forces that will be present and using them to their advantage. Fifth grade are working on using simple machines, working with speed, velocity, and acceleration just to get started! The students are definitely excited. It has proven a wonderful application of these concepts. I will be sure to keep you posted!- PRAISE- I thank the Lord so much for the wonderful support, encouragement, and love that I have constantly receive from my family! I do love you all!
- For my students, that they will feel the love of the Lord and continue to grow closer to Him.
- For the people of Paraguay, as the heat increases many health issues can arise during this time.
- For the other new teachers who are very homesick.
- For the last few weeks to go smoothly and end this semester well!
Firsts:- First time finding cheddar cheese in Paraguay!!!!! I had ten slices yesterday! Besides mozzarella and Holland cheese there is usually no other US cheeses.
- Family Adventure Night
- - First time meeting the national soccer coach for Paraguay!
- - First time standing tippy toe on a tottery ladder, translating from one parent who mostly speaks Korean with some English to another parent who almost only speaks Spanish, while tying a purple shimmery ball from the ceiling of our tent! This lasted for a few minutes and I didn’t realize how funny it was until afterwards!
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