Today was a really great day. I am just starting to get over my flu, so I still wasn't able to eat much until dinner time. But at dinner, I ate my whole plate. We had wet rice with lentils and nan. Of course, I also ate the customary banana! We were finally able to go to the children's home again today since the conference has ended and we weren't needed at the seminary.
Over the weekend, I had this idea about meeting with one child for 30 minutes each day until I met with all of them (there are 148). But I was really hesitant to bring it up with the director at the home because I was afraid he would say it was a bad idea since some children can't speak English. I got up the courage and mentioned it to him and he loved it! Today I met with Tekmatei, a 10 year old girl who speaks almost fluent English. She is quickly becoming my favorite person to be around! I wasn't sure what we would do for 30 minutes but we went to a quiet place alone and she just began talking. I didn't even say a word for the whole 30 minutes except to nod and pray for her at the end. It was such a blessing to feel like I was really helping her and she was excited to be with me. Tomorrow I meet with another young girl, so hopefully that will go as well as today did!
Kim and I begin teaching English classes to the seminary students tomorrow. We will be starting with nouns and then having the students write a conversational paragraph and analyze mistakes that they may have made. I'll write soon about how it is going!
Also, if anyone is planning on sending something over here, we have come up with a few minor things the kids need. We need about 90 glow stick bracelets. We have 60 but we don't want to only give a few kids some. The seminary students could use iron supplements because they are not served any meat here. We could aslo use plastic string like the kind used for making keychains or bracelets for the kids. Also, any sort of paper, coloring books, crayons, markers, small toys, etc. would be helpful for the afternoons with the kids.
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Hi Laura, I have a gret idea. Would you be willing to become a pen-pal of sorts via e-mail for some clasrooms at our school? We could then make your students from The Precious Children's Home our community project for our student council. We could then send you some of the items you need there. What do you think? Let me know. I love you, Sheri
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