*singing Father Abraham

*peek-a-boo

*Dave's crazy hairdo

The weather this weekend was really bad because of some storm passing by. I thought the house was going to be blown away. Nearby my house, the roof of some warehouse blew off.

Anyways, I thought nobody would come to Sunday school since 1. it was stormy, and 2. it was a ped. day on Friday which means I can't remind them an extra day. But, 8 girls showed up. YAY!
So, we learned about the 10 plagues, that sometimes, we are like the stubborn king of Egypt that wouldn't let the Israelites go. We know what God wants, but we just won't do it. We need to be like Moses and even if we're a little reluctant at the beginning, we should trust God and accept his will and just DO IT! We might not see the benefits right now, but in the long run we will know that this was the right choice.

Sunday school is so great. It's great because while I'm teaching, I get these little pangs inside me saying "Well, don't just talk the talk, but walk the walk, Miss Bang!" When I was explaining that we shouldn't be stubborn like the king..... I'm sooooo stubborn. So, I'm learning a lot as I teach Sunday school.

Well, tomorrow is another ped. day!! YAY! Although, it'll be as busy as having students with meetings and all. Hope you all have a good weekend!

Miss sickie

So, these are some of my grade 5 students.
The atmosphere in my class has changed. For the past couple of weeks I've had 7 regular kids that come to school out of 15 for whatever reasons. They are eager to learn and are a lot more positive than the beginning of the year. Every week, things get better and better. As for the biggest problem child in the class, Leroy, I've had numerous meetings and nobody has an answer. For now, the mom is to keep the child at home and not have him at school. Yup, that's how extreme this kid is.

But, on another note, I've come to realize how lucky I am. The principal, v-p, special ed., other teachers, psychologist, social workers and the list goes on are all so supportive of me. I've come to realize that most of these ppl think I'm a really good teacher. At first, I was really flattered, but it's been a humbling experience, which is weird because I expected it would do the opposite. I almost can't explain it. It comes around again to how God shows me his presence even through these situations and uses them to teach me something. I've also realized how important recognition is as well. It has given me the extra boost in teaching the kids in my class.

As for the title of this post, I've just been feeling sick for a while now. I had what felt like strep throat and could barely swallow or speak. Then, on Sunday, I was all ready to go to Sunday school and then..... my "time" came and I almost died. Now, it seems I have a cold/stomach thing going on. I feel like crap. Everyone here is sick. Dave, my colleagues and my students are sick. yuck.

Hope y'all are doing well. I'm wondering especially how Martin is. Where is he?
Anyways, if you didn't know, I'll be down in Montreal for about 4-5 days on Oct. 15. So, squeeze me in on your busy agendas!

I miss my girls!

Baseball

I had a pretty rough week. Even though it was only a 4 day week.
But, it was alright, I got a lot of support and that helped me immensely to get through the week.
I've never had so many meetings with parents, principal, v-p, spec. ed. ,etc... as the past two weeks.

I ended the week by being recruited into a baseball tournament. No, it was not because of my most awesome skills. They didn't have enough players. hehe

I've never played baseball before. So... let's just say there was a lot of laughing going on. hehe

I had Sunday School today as well and 8 kids showed up. We learned about Moses and the burning bush. It was really nice.