Maundy Thursday. A very full teaching day for me. First was with R and J—J hasn’t been there for weeks! I’m so glad he came! R never fails to make me laugh. Today it was because they came a few minutes early and I wasn’t outside yet, so he decided to repeatedly call through the window to wake me up because he thought I was sleeping! After tutoring, it was time for ESL. Our class went long today, so I taught an extra half hour or so. The ladies greatly enjoyed class today because I turned a bunch of different things into competitions, like naming off as many household items as possible in two minutes (our weekly theme).
After teaching, we walked back to our house and T announced that she really wanted fritters, and not 10 seconds later, Mrs. A said she had made some “Easter fritters” for us! Sweet! A yummy, and horribly bad for you, lunch. The “Easter” part was that some were filled with cheese. J We are Wisconsinites; we love our cheese! I decided that since we aren’t teaching tomorrow, that we should invite the kids for a day of fun, so T and I planned that over lunch. We kind of told about 10 kids, but figure the word will spread like wildfire, so I am curious to see how many kids show up at 11 hours tomorrow! Hopefully the church service will be done by then!
After the lunchtime break, it was time for more tutoring. A knock on the door came about 10 minutes before lessons were scheduled to start. I thought it was just the kids coming early, but no, there were 4 of the preschoolers standing at the door asking if we could learn today! So precious! Man, is it hard to turn away 4 and 5 year olds who can barely speak any English who want to learn more! But today was time for the big kids. The preschoolers melt my heart, though. J My first tutoring session went very well with the girls reading a story and writing about it. Oh yeah, and I made a connection with Good Friday, so it was an especially good lesson. (hahah, get it?) Then it was my time with A, and although she had forgotten some of her letters over the 2 week break, she’s so much farther ahead than what she was in February!
After tutoring it was time for a quick snack and finalizing our ideas for the fun day tomorrow before church. L (and N) took us to Good Shepherd across town for church tonight. I really liked the part in the sermon where the pastor related Jesus words of institution to the words written in someone’s will. It made a lot of sense to me how it was written, then. L drove us back home to the seminary, and we stopped at her house to pick up supplies for game day tomorrow. Unfortunately, we found out that since the S family will be going on a holiday and L will be staying for a few weeks longer than D and N, we won’t see her again before we leave! I definitely wasn’t ready to say one of my first goodbyes tonight! I was getting pretty emotional about it, but then N decided to tell a bunch of stories about his school to diffuse the situation. His chats gave me a good insight into how the 6th graders mind works. J L has been a wonderful woman to get to know here and I will miss her dearly. She said that we’ve definitely made an impact; the kids are always talking about Miss A and Miss T! N and D have also said that the kids talk about us more than Mr. D&D, which is a big feat, because he’s the whole who organizes kickball for them a few times a week! But it was a really touching moment, and I’m sad not to see her again. L
T and I headed back for a late dinner (it was almost 9!) and popped in Pearl Harbor, before I realized that I only have one of the two disks here that the movie is on! So we switched and watched Pirates of the Caribbean, wrote a few emails, read, and went to bed. I love not having to plan lessons. J
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