Dance, Dance, Dance

My assistant does a wonderful job at decorating my class.

So, its been another eventful week and weekend in Gracias. The only thing on our minds is dance, dance, dance. We dance everyday and Like Jena always says....we bounce, bounce,bounce. (Thank goodness I did not have to teach them your dance moves.) The Christmas program will be here on Tuesday night and my kids will have to be ready to preform. I cannot believe the importance they put on the dance. I have been teaching an average of 3 classes a day for the past two weeks. As much fun as it has been to learn the dance I am ready for the grand finale and Christmas vacation. Anyways, here is a recap of my week:

My classroom door.

My desk, living up to the Christmas spirit.

Every now and then we celebrate a birthday. Last week it was Raquel’s (one of the teachers) birthdays. One night we went to our neighbor’s for pizza and karaoke and dancing, which was a lot of fun. Friday after school the 11^th graders (her class) planned a surprise party at one of their houses. There was lots of pizza, snacks, a cake all the way from Guatemala, a piñata and even fireworks! It was quite the celebration!

And this past weekend the Circus came to town! So a few of us went to it Saturday night, and it was quite the experience! It was the Blue Smurf Circus and you better believe they had people dressed up in Smurf costumes. The circus had dancers, tight rope walkers, rope dancers, and even lions and jaguars! It had been awhile since I had been to a circus, so I was like a little kid, a full bundle of excitement! We also went to a house church for church and gave out Christmas presents to the kids. It was exciting to see the happiness on their face. For sunday dinner our bus driver took us up the mountain to a piece of his land and cooked carne asada for us (meat, refried beans, salsa, cheese). It was delicious and the view was breath taking.

Nevertheless, the Christmas program WAS WONDERFUL! The power stayed on for the whole program, and all the parents seemed to really enjoy the program. All of the students looked beautiful and all of the dances were great! There was a lot of work put into the program, and all the glory was for God.

My students: Antuane and Edy

Ashley, Diana, Rene, Erick, Marcelo, Keydi

Continue to pray for safe travels as all the teachers are traveling home for Christmas. I cannot wait to see you all!!!




MERRY CHRIST-more!