3 months down

Wow. Its been a while since I last wrote. Things have been a little crazy around here everything from planning, grading, parent teacher conferences, soccer, YoungLife, WyldLife, and what not. So far I am loving life here. There have obviously been some ups and downs and for the most part I can't complain. I have a pretty good life around here.

One of my biggest fears of coming to Dominican Republic was the fear of feeling alone and me not being able to click or connect with anyone here but it has been the complete opposite. God has provided in a very powerful and awesome way! I love the friendships that I have made here! Its been awesome to be able to have friends who encourage, challenge, and stretch me spiritually. Even to the simply fact of being able to find a friend who enjoys the same kind of humor that I do.

Teaching has been quite the interesting adventure. This was not something that I was obviously planning on doing for a living and this was not something I majored in either so there are days when I feel like I am not supposed to be here teaching these kids. Most of my students are having a really hard time with reading and writing skills so it is very easy to see improvement when it happens but it is also very hard to try and teach when they have such low education.

I have enjoyed being able to be loved by the kids. There are days when I have a hard time loving on them but then they send me a love note in the middle of class and I realize that I am not just here to teach but also to love on these kids and show them Christ love. Most of my kids do not know what love even is.

I love my kids so much and I am only 3 months into this whole experience. I love the challenges that teaching brings but I now have a greater respect for teachers. I never realized how emotional teaching could be and how much time I spend thinking of my kids and how I wish I could fix their family issues and situations.

Please pray for my kids individually if you can. Here are the names of all my kids so that you can pray for them by name if you want!!

-Genesis

-Sebastian

-Christopher

-Cristal

-Fabianiz

-Laura

-Katherine

-Lisleydi

-Carolyn

-Jamie

-Anthony

Thanks you for all your love and support!!