Coyote waiting...

October 13, 2008

Monday- The school celebrates Columbus Day, so school was out today. Our family spent the day bonding and playing. We spent a lot of time playing games with the girls and teasing each other. It was a very nice day. Tonight, the Roberts and Miss Springer came over and we watched Monday night football. Miss Springer always says it, but it is funny to watch. The kids all think it is so exciting to see their teacher outside of the classroom. Miss Springer teaches Abby, Ian & Dylan, so they were all very excited to have her there. I enjoyed getting to know her better as well. It isn't easy with our conflicting jobs and time schedules to get together and just talk about general things. It was nice.

Tuesday

Jerry killed another rattlesnake today. The kids went down after lunch to the playground. When any child has to sit out of recess for some time, they have to sit on the picnic table. Well, this day there was five boys sitting on the table, when Jerry notices the snake, right underneath the table. The snake was all sprawled out, not coiled up. It didn't seem to even notice that it was surrounded. Jerry softly instructed everyone to back away and then dealt with the imminent threat.

Wednesday

We got another new student! The child enrolled this morning, just in time for the Navajo lessons in the morning. This time, the teacher gave us sheets to study the Navajo language. I am working on it! It seems much more complicated than Latin and Russian that I have studied in the past.

Thursday

I went to the library this evening and picked up some books by the author Hillerman. He writes mystery novels, a lot of them based on the Navajo reservation. I have heard that his depiction is very accurate. The girls are in bed asleep. It is about 10 o'clock at night and I hear one of the girls crying out. I rush back to their room, thinking they must be having a nightmare. They are both sound asleep and the sound continues. I then realize what the scream really is. Coyotes. They are right outside our back door, it sound like at least three of them. I wonder if they are killing the rabbits that I see playing out there sometimes. When I turn on the porch light on the back of the trailer, I can't seem them. And, they don't stop bawling. Jerry and I hear them a couple of more times that night. It is a scary sound to hear, right outside your window where your children sometimes play.

Sunday

Today, Daron & Tami & Noah are driving to the Dilkon Christian Church and Daron is preaching the lesson at 9AM. Then, they turn around and drive back here so that Daron can preach the message at Red Sands Christian Church at 11AM. Dilkon Christian Church is around 50 miles away, so their traveling starts at 7:30 AM. Dylan and Ian are staying with us while their parents travel to Dilkon. The kids play well together this morning. Abby and Dylan walked up the hill to the church arm in arm, stopping every now and then to pick flowers. Unfortunately, the flowers are on cactus and Kelcy gets stuck by the cactus trying to pick flowers, too. However, she did pick her own splinters out of her hand today.

We had 30 people in the church service today here at Red Sands. I had lots of kids in my class. It was really great. We are averaging 28 people at the church services here in October.

I received some packages from my Ladies Bible Study group back home! Thank you all for your gifts! We have all enjoyed them and we all appreciate your thinking of us!

Next Week--Another new student for the school!