Off the Preschool

I have been working with our Spelling Bee Champions to prepare them for the national competition coming in February - they're going to do great! Meanwhile I have also been waiting for my next placement in the school.
This week I was asked to step in as the Assistant Teacher in our K-5 Preschool Class!
Although a completely different structure, all the experiences and skills I learned from teaching Fourth Grade has been a great base for learning to work with kindergarteners.

Mountain View Bike Ride

I had the best afternoon!
After having lunch in all Spanish with four or my Honduran friends, I met up with a dear friend and fellow missionary, Sarah, to catch up on life.
We decided to go on a bike ride right at the foot of the mountains.
Que Bonita! (How Beautiful!) In this area, we saw countless iguanas, which Sarah calls her "friends" as she bikes often here.
As we were riding, we were brain storming together to further the new ideas and visions God has placed in our hearts for this next coming year. God is going to do great things! I can't wait to see how these new outreaches and school programs are formed and I'm thrilled to be partnering with Sarah to accomplish it.

Back in Honduras!

I'm back in Honduras safe and sound.
This transition was harder than I thought it would be. The first few days felt like a dream, but after the week passed, I feel back to normal again.
I officially made the last finishing touches to my grade book and handed it, and my wonderful Fourth Grade class, over to Mrs. Contreras who returned from her pregnancy leave.
It is sad not to be with the kids anymore, but with hugs from them everywhere I go and some still running up to me and giving me Christmas gifts, I still feel like their teacher. :)

Now, it's time to start a fresh season here, which makes our fast and prayer this week as a church  perfect timing. We are seeking the face of God to know His direction for our lives and the church this coming year. What a perfect way to start El Ano Nuevo!

"When you seek me, you shall find me, and I will show you GREAT and MIGHTY things that you did not know."  Jeremiah 33:3

Fourth Grade A - You're going to do Great!

I made them each a cupcake to have before their performance to remind them
"You're going to be great!"

Rosy Red Cheeks of the Nutcracker Girls

Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Vigil

Painting on the Mustaches

Andres Showing The Finished Product
The boys hated them because they itched :)

Sofia and Sofia

The Special Soloist Dancers 

Nutcrackers Who Come to Life

Miss Webb and Mrs. Vigil's Fourth Grade class have successfully performed their Christmas Production!
                                                   Nutcrackers Come to Life!!!!

Three littles boys open their presents the night before Christmas. They all receive a Nutcracker doll. They begin to play with them when one child starts to imagine what it would be like if the dolls actually came to life. The other two children start to join the imaginations, until they finally all agree, "NNaaahhh...." It couldn't happen. They fall asleep and as they do the nutcrackers behind them begin to come to life.....

The rest of the class comes "alive" starting to "tip-toe" rhythmically, which then becomes a "stomp-like" dance to the Little Drummer Boy. When the dancers finally reach their climax, the clock hits 12. It's now time to go back to their doll-like state, because it is Christmas morning.

The three little boys awake excited about Christmas, but a little confused. They all had a dream about their nutcrackers coming to life. That isn't possible right? "NNNaaahhhh....." Dismissing the idea completely, they then race off to find out what else is waiting for them under the Christmas tree.

Praise Report: Kidnappers Have Released My Student's Uncle!

Thank you to all those who have been in prayer!
I am thankful to report that my student Rodrigo's uncle has been released from the kidnappers two days ago!
They did have to pay a ransom, but he is completely unharmed and praise God they had the funds to have him released. We are believing God to restore this sum to them and are thankful for his protection.
God's Word is true when it says although pestilence and terror may come, we do not need to be afraid, because the Most High is our refuge. He will deliver us!

Psalms 91

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High 
   will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.^[a] 
2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, 
   my God, in whom I trust.”

 ³ Surely he will save you
   from the fowler’s snare
   and from the deadly pestilence.
⁴ He will cover you with his feathers,
   and under his wings you will find refuge;
   his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
⁵ You will not fear the terror of night,
   nor the arrow that flies by day,
⁶ nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
   nor the plague that destroys at midday.
⁷ A thousand may fall at your side,
   ten thousand at your right hand,
   but it will not come near you.
⁸ You will only observe with your eyes
   and see the punishment of the wicked.

 ⁹ If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,”
   and you make the Most High your dwelling,
¹⁰ no harm will overtake you,
   no disaster will come near your tent.
¹¹ For he will command his angels concerning you
   to guard you in all your ways;
¹² they will lift you up in their hands,
   so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
¹³ You will tread on the lion and the cobra;
   you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

 ¹⁴ “Because he^[b] loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him;
   I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.
¹⁵ He will call on me, and I will answer him;
   I will be with him in trouble,
   I will deliver him and honor him.
¹⁶ With long life I will satisfy him
   and show him my salvation.”

Rodrigo has returned to school!!! Thank you for your prayers.
I do not believe everything has been solved with his uncle, but the situation is improving and we are continuing to believe God for a full closure to this situation.
Praise God nothing is too difficult for Him!