3rd Grade
What would my 3rd grade experience have been without my favorite teacher, Mrs. Vanmeter…a class pet (pig) named ‘Spike’…spelling bees…the lip smackers club on the playground…and most importantly, FRIENDS!?!
Although our project has been delayed and we are not teaching in Crosspointe Christian Academy this year (our original plan), we still have this awesome opportunity to teach and impact one incredibly bright little girl – Izabella. As a team, we have the shared responsibility of homeschooling Izabella. Her classes are split up early in the day and we each teach a different subject. I spend the first block after breakfast with Izabella for morning prayer and Spelling. Amber teaches her Latin and History. Her mom teaches her Grammar and Science. Grams teaches her Math and her daddy teaches her Bible. She is so smart and has this beautiful passion for reading and for learning…and for talking! I am so thankful for the opportunity to start my day with this little girl who reminds me so much of me when I was in 3rd grade. Izabella, like myself, is quite the extrovert and loves interacting with friends…but that’s the part that is missing from her 3rd grade experience. She misses her friends and classmates from Providence very much. Every morning we pray together that she will soon meet new friends her age over here. The only other kid living in our compound is a little boy (4 or 5 years old) named Baruke and although he has become a great friend and play pal to Jack, it leaves Izabella longing even more for a new friend to share her time with.
I am reminded daily just how important our relationships are and I’m so grateful for the friends that God has placed in my life over the years. I’m so thankful that my elementary school ‘lip smackers’ crew is still fully intact and growing strong (thanks only to the grace of God). Danielle, Anna, Tara, Sarah, Lauren and Neeley – my hope is that God brings Izabella friends that are as wonderful and as loyal as all of you!
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