"I know the plans I have for you..."

Monday, September 22, 2008

We got a new student today! The Mom called here and wanted to know if we offered the eighth grade this year. I confirmed that we do indeed! She came by an hour later and enrolled her child. Jerry had been expecting God to send more students and he received another one today! It is so exciting! This student was just moving back to the area, had attended school at Red Sands previously and God sent her here again! It is so encouraging.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

I heard from Mr. Bill today. He is doing well and thus far all is going well with his trip to the Northwest. He is speaking at various churches. Generally, the churches provide his housing for the evening and he said this arrangement had serves him well. I won't include too much of his information because I am sure he will let everyone know the details.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

The students are all so excited! Today, we are hosting "The Lost Dogs", a musical group at the school. The group has been traveling along Route 66, beginning in Chicago, IL and performing concerts. They offered to come here and do a free concert for the children and we agreed! The children really enjoyed the concert. Abby looked like a 1950s surfer queen. She sat with a deadpan serious look on her face and body stock still in her seat, save for her hands. Using both of her hands she was snapping to the beat of the music. It was very amusing. Most of the children were afraid to move and sat very still during the performance. At one point, Jerry walked around and got everyone to stand up and clap. However, as soon as the music stopped, we all sat back down. Afterward, the group gave out pictures and autographs to the kids. "The Lost Dogs" also allowed the children to play the musical instruments with which they had performed. The kids REALLY enjoyed this and had a great time. It was hard to get them to leave to go home on the bus on that day.

Thursday evening we drove into Winslow as a family and had dinner. It was our first family meal eaten out together since we had gotten here. We first went to the public library. Jerry had checked out "Where the Red Fern Grows" to show his class and it had to be returned today. We also returned some books and checked out some more books. There was a group there doing a craft and Abby and Kelcy got to make bead necklaces, too. The people at the library have been very nice. Then went to the restaurant and had some nice Chinese food. The girls loved the egg drop soup (except Jerry and I had to pick out the celery). Abby & Kelcy also got a package at the post office today. Miss Joyce sent the girls some books to read. Thank you Joyce! We got home and promptly read all of the books you sent, plus the ones we borrowed from the library. It was a lovely evening.

This was Jerry's week to monitor the playground after lunch. All week he gets to spend half an hour with the kids. He pushes them on the swings and generally has fun.

While you in London, Kentucky were having the World Famous Chicken Festival, we also had a Festival in Winslow. The "Standing on the Corner" music festival was Friday and Saturday this weekend. We were told there was music and food there but, alas, we did not attend. It was geared toward a more adult audience than our two and four year old.

Saturday Abby got the change out her earrings for the first time. I can't believe it has been six weeks since she had her ears pierced. She had been counting down the weeks and now she exchanged her pink flower earrings for a pair of pink stoned stud earrings that Tammy sent for her, which she calls her diamonds. She was very excited and promptly asked for a jewelry box to contain her "jewels." Kelcy is very interested in Abby's ears and sees that it is a big thing to Abby, but has never even mentioned wanting to have it done herself. I guess that is a product of her witnessing the process when Abby had it done.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Jerry did the usual bus run to Tolani Lake and back, but this time he came with an extra child! And the child was in my Sunday School class! It was so exciting! I am enjoying teaching the class. Jerry taught his Sunday School lesson on "Prepare for Rain". Mr. Roberts continued his sermon series on Super Heroes of the Bible. This one was about Abel and Enoch. I am really enjoying the series. The attendance was twenty-eight people for church here. We again had some new faces in church.

Dilkon Christian Church, where Mr. Bill preaches, has had a fall in attendance since he has been gone. A member of the board of directors of Navajo Trails Mission has been there both Sundays to preach. We hope to be encouraged next week by some new faces there. I am afraid people see that there is no car at Bill's Hooghan and assume that means no church service.

Next week... The school kids meet the dentist and we get a visitor from "home".