productivity

wednesday (the 27th of aug)- yep- still catching up..

heck yes for productive days! we got a TON figured out about our individual afternoon projects, broke down the entire daily school schedule, discussed ins and outs of staff duties, etc. we worked for hours and got a lot done. that afternoon we split to run individual errands- registering kids in the villages, searching for cheap cubbies in puerto plata, dumping loads of trash from our clean-out, preparing wall decorations and calendars.. busy, busy, busy.

thursday (the 28th)

another work day! we started the day with girls’ staff prayer which was such a great way to begin. garrett made fancy omelets because josh brought new skillets for the house! things like that make the biggest deal to us. anyway, after a good morning we left for a long meeting/planning/cleaning session at the school.

today we developed the week planning format we will use for circle time and lesson plans. some more MAJOR cleaning out took place and cristina and i continued setting up our classrooms! ☺ we had tons of help from everyone of course and a bunch of kids from tamarindo came in to help too. while we were there it started thuuundering (which is exicting bc that means we will have power and it will be cooler). on our way back, we picked the guys up from the job site and went to town to finish running errands. long day but a good one.

new discovery- termites have wings and look like small moths. then they lose their wings.. i know this because hundreds of termites came in the windows and overtook the house when it rained. this is on my mind because 1. we spent forever killing them, shooing them, sweeping them.. and 2. little termite wings are currently covering our room- in our beds, on the floor, in our lamps.. sweet.

sadness- kate leaves tomorrow. i am NOT ready. there are so many things i will miss about her- her humor in every situation, raw honesty, deep concern and thoughtfulness to others, passion in prayer or praising the Lord, spontaneity, being my roomie, randomness, love for people through God.. ☹