Check out the new pictures under this post. There are only four this time but I will post more of my new surroundings next week.

School Update...

So, I arrived in Grootfontein on Sunday, February 11th, and started work on Monday morning at 7am. I was just going to go to visit the school with Linda and check things out. We havd to leave the house at 6:10am in the morning and walk 1 km to the outskirts of "town" where we are picked up by the school principal. I arrived at the school and on Monday there is an assembly. I introduced myself and was supposed to just visit the office and see how things went. At 9:45 the children have a break, but at 8:30 the principal asked me to "observe" the grade 3B class until break. We sang some songs and they told me their names and it was fine. After break I was put into the classroom for the rest of the afternoon to teach. It was a little crazy but it went okay. I thought it was a one day thing and I ended up teaching through Thursday. By Tuesday night I was wise enough to know that I needed to prepare. We had our ups and downs, the kids and I had to "adjust" to one another but it was an interesting opportunity and I will definately have some memories. By Thursday I knew about half of th 43 students names. That's right, 43 students, one teacher with no preperation! Despite some difficult times, the kids have already stolen my hearts. During break I serve at the soup kitchen and it is great to greet each child and the ones that were in the class are greeting me with smiles on their faces. I feel like God has placed me in the perfect place....