Last
night I had that nervous feeling I used to get before my first day of school -
meeting new people, not knowing what to expect, excited to get back into the
swing of things. Maybe you can
relate! Today was our first normal day
of teaching and tutoring with the seminary wives and children.
It was
a gloomy day with constant rain, but that did not reflect on the faces of the
children and seminary wives Melanie and I were privileged to work with
today. Throughout the day we held three
hour-long tutoring sessions for the seminary children. Although we had a schedule prepared we were
blessed with more attending than anticipated!
We played math games with them, read a few books, and discussed a bible
story with the children (appropriately, God’s promise to Noah to never send a
flood again was the story for today J) The language barrier is definitely a huge
challenge. Regardless of the barrier, the
children are so eager to learn and Melanie and I pray that we can meet each and
every child at a level that is going to help them grow!
Pictured
above are a couple of the children we tutor throughout the day. The level of responsibility and independence
a lot of the kiddos have just amazes me.
Not only did the school children come for tutoring today but they also
brought along several of their little siblings.
Melanie and I had a chuckle (several times) while tutoring because we
had a parade of sirens and vocalists parading around the table area where we
were working. It was a simple way the
munchkins kept themselves fully entertained for an hour and definitely brought
huge smiles to our faces as well.
The
seminary wives were equally as smiley and eager to learn. Melanie and I did a mixture of whole-group
and small-group instruction. My personal
favorite activity was getting to see the ladies act out different scenarios
that involved different emotions such as happy, angry, confused, etc. Seeing them have so much fun with the game
and not being afraid to take a risk in front of everyone was very encouraging.
I am
just amazed at the work God is doing here in Zambia and humbled that Melanie
and I get to be an extremely small part of it.
Your comments and contact with us definitely adds even more joy to our
days here. Thank you and God bless!
Hugs,
Kelsi
and Melanie
P.s.
Another big perk to our work here is that we get to see the most adorable
babies every single day!! This little
guy’s name is Bryen - Melanie and I are a bit obsessed…
Very nice posting again Kelsi and really enjoyed the pictures and hopefully there are a lot more to come. The children look so adorable and I know after 3 months you will have a hard time saying goodbye and I'm sure there will be some that will want to come back with you. It would be so cool if some of the ladies that you are teaching would come to the States and you could meet up with them again. You and Mel are going to leave such an impression on those women and children that they won't let you leave. God's Blessings to you both! Love, Dad
ReplyDeleteProud of you both! Keep writing the great stories including the pictures!
ReplyDeletePrecious are the children of Africa and Kelsi your pretty awesome too. Mel I'm so happy that your keeping Kelsi on the move, how are those running shoes working out for you? Let your light for JESUS shine! love mom
ReplyDeleteI read these every night before I go to bed. Thanks for the sweet dreams :)
ReplyDeleteThis blog and your posts on facebook are the highlight of my day. I love the pictures. It gives us even more idea as to what your days are like. The Lord has blessed you and Melanie. I'm sure it will be very hard to leave those children. They are adorable! I'm thinking when you come home you will be just as busy with writing your 1st novel. You are a very entertaining writer.... (blogger) love you lots. Hugs from Wisconsin!
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