Sorry for the delayed update. It has been a busy few weeks and our internet has been less than reliable.
It is hard to believe that it has been three weeks since we started back at school. My students seem to be finally settling into a rhythm. I do have one classroom situation that I could use prayer for. I have a student who often finds herself frustrated in class and begins to throw a fit. As you can imagine this can cause quite a raucous in class and disturb the other children. She has had several of these fits in the past two weeks. Please continue to pray for wisdom and patience as I continue to deal with her and other hard students in my class.
As you know, my Mom came to visit me at the beginning of January. We had a great time together. It was really fun to be able to have her here and to show here around where I have been living for the past 6 months. She was able to come to School and help me in my classroom and meet all of my friends as well, which was a lot of fun.
With a new semester come some new opportunities. Sarah and I have agreed to help coach the High School Girls Basketball Team. A Father is the head coach but Sarah and I are there to help where needed. We had our first practice last week and it was a lot of fun. Our jobs were to inbound the ball during a drill haha. I look forward to getting to know the girls on the team better and to learn more about coaching a sport.
A new semester also means a new Bible Study. I am with the same group of women, but we have started a Beth Moore Bible Study. We are currently studying the book of Daniel. I really like the book of Daniel and I have heard that Beth Moore is a good speaker so I was excited to start. We are three weeks into the study and it has been really good so far. It is fun to go through the book of Daniel and find ways that It can relate to our lives now. Through the first three weeks I have been reminded that we are living in our own kind of Babylon and we need to resolve like Daniel did. I am excited to see what else I can learn in the next 8 weeks.
In third grade we are continuing to study Folk Tales and the kiddos are getting very good at comparing and contrasting different items. In Math we are started the dreadful topic, Multiplication. We are taking it very easy at the beginning and will soon start to learn the facts. It is fun to teach my students these critical math facts, but also a little nerve racking at the same time.
Well I hope you are all doing well! Thank you for your continued support through my experience here in Bolivia. It really means a lot. It is hard to believe that I only have 3.5 months left.
Until Next Time – Rachel
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