[Saturday, January 29, 2005]
What a gorgeous day it has been. The sun has been brightly shining all day. I enjoyed spending some time upatiars on the roof reading my Bible while I did laundry. It was a great way to start my weekend. Last night my roommate, Erin, and I made a big dinner and invited 2 other teachers and a couple that is working in Puebla with EBM, the same mission as I'm with, over for dinner. We had an enjoyable evening eating and talking and being entertained by the couple's 2-year old son, Drew. I ended last night with a long walk with my friend Shannon. We have come to really enjoy walking and talking in the evening. We always walk up to the highest place in the city- to a church. I love to stop on the stairs going up to the street the church is on (about 150 stairs) and looking out at all the lights of the city or when it is still light out, the mountains in the distance. Puebla is such a big city!! When we walk near sunset there is the most amazing view of the sun setting on Mt. Popo and Mt. Itza. We will be going for a walk this evening as well. :)
This week went well, although I had some difficulty sleeping this week. I had trouble falling asleep on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights and on Thursday night I went to bed late. So, I was tired and a little less patient than normal. Praise the Lord that He gave me the energy to get through the week and to sleep well last night.
I was blessed this week to hear from 2 friends from Indiana Wesleyan. I haven't heard from either of them in awhile, so it was fun to learn about what they are doing now.
My students have been getting into the habit of singing to me when I walk into the room. One girl organizes the other students and acts as the director. It's quite fun. The other day I was warned as I was about to walk into the room that they were going to sing Father Abraham to me. For the sake of time I stopped that song before it even got started. It's really neat though to have children that enjoy school and enjoy singing. We sing every morning and sometimes the kids just show so much joy and have so much fun singing about God and His blessings to us. We as adults have a lot to learn from these children!
Well, I will end today with a special prayer request. I have a brother and sister in my class whose mom left the family over a year ago. The children have not seen her since then. They talked to her earlier this week and she told them that she would be coming sometime in the next 2-4 weeks to visit them. The oldest of the 2 students, whom I had last year also, came to me after school one day and told me. He had the biggest smile on his face and he was filled with excitement. So, please pray for this family- that the mother would keep her word and come to her children. Pray also that while she is here things will be worked out in the marriage so that she returns to her family. Thank you for praying with me about this. I will keep you updated!
Remember as you go throughout this next week that each of us is here for HIS glory!
Angelina
This week went well, although I had some difficulty sleeping this week. I had trouble falling asleep on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights and on Thursday night I went to bed late. So, I was tired and a little less patient than normal. Praise the Lord that He gave me the energy to get through the week and to sleep well last night.
I was blessed this week to hear from 2 friends from Indiana Wesleyan. I haven't heard from either of them in awhile, so it was fun to learn about what they are doing now.
My students have been getting into the habit of singing to me when I walk into the room. One girl organizes the other students and acts as the director. It's quite fun. The other day I was warned as I was about to walk into the room that they were going to sing Father Abraham to me. For the sake of time I stopped that song before it even got started. It's really neat though to have children that enjoy school and enjoy singing. We sing every morning and sometimes the kids just show so much joy and have so much fun singing about God and His blessings to us. We as adults have a lot to learn from these children!
Well, I will end today with a special prayer request. I have a brother and sister in my class whose mom left the family over a year ago. The children have not seen her since then. They talked to her earlier this week and she told them that she would be coming sometime in the next 2-4 weeks to visit them. The oldest of the 2 students, whom I had last year also, came to me after school one day and told me. He had the biggest smile on his face and he was filled with excitement. So, please pray for this family- that the mother would keep her word and come to her children. Pray also that while she is here things will be worked out in the marriage so that she returns to her family. Thank you for praying with me about this. I will keep you updated!
Remember as you go throughout this next week that each of us is here for HIS glory!
Angelina
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