Give a 1st grader a glitter glue stick, his/her eyes light up.  Tell a 1st grader to not make a mess with a glitter glue stick? Not so much. :) I had a great day today! I love introducing the children to art, coloring, even tutoring math has been fun.  I brought the preschoolers paper and crayons today and we did "outdoor" rubbings - creating and learning about texture!  Most of them did the same concrete bumpy surface, but it was so much fun.  They lit up while coloring, and were so excited to show me their creations and see if I would say it was nice.  I love their smiles and simple pleasures.   In first grade we finished our solar systems...glitter in hand.  I worked with sixth grade today on more Cubism drawings, blind contour self portraits, and some charcoal sketching.  It was probably my last day with this grade as I will be teaching art next week to class 2, 3, and 4....therefore we tried to cram quite a bit in!  They really enjoyed just using new media and being able to do something different and creative!!  

Teaching is tiring!  I am pretty much busy busy all day from Bible study at 7:30 in the morning until 6pm after dinner.  So...now I will rest, read, and go to bed early.  I am really looking forward to tomorrow.  I will be with the preschoolers in the morning for an hour, and then head to the market with some of the ROS here! It will be a great time; I really look forward to seeing the market in Kotoku.

As we are learning about Job these weeks I am here, I am finding this Bible study so fascinating.  I really  love learning about Job.  ...Thought of the Day on Day 2 is: A fruit of the spirit is kindness, but the fruit of spiritual arrogance is hasty and thoughtless.  Day 3:  Faith is trusting God in the midst of trials and suffering when nothing makes sense.