I Gotcha!

You’re out! I know I am out! Oooh, ya missed me! That touched you!! And lots of laughter have been heard on our playground at recess all week.

Realizing that the kids were missing out on some classic recess games, Bryan kindly brought back 3 bouncy balls from America for the school. I showed the kids how to play dodgeball and now they are dodgeball maniacs! (One of them actually asked me if I invented the game! Poor sheltered missionary kids.) Each day they’ve honed their skills and become a bit more aggressive. It’s been entertaining to watch the progression.

If dodgeball wasn’t enough, today the tetherball was tied onto a new pole! Andrea Miller and David Reeves demonstrated to the kids how a game is played. They way the kids were cheering you would’ve thought they were at the Super Bowl! Life can’t get much better, can it?

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Isaac, Hannah and Abby have greatly improved their drawing skills this year. For our art curriculum we are using The Draw Squad, it’s a great book that teaches simple cartoon drawings using 10 key drawing words. You can catch them during the day huddled over their sketch pads practicing their latest skill. I have seen them grow in confidence as their skills have increased. I picked a few of the best drawing from our Art Wall for you to enjoy!  In order of appearance…Hannah’s Ant Town, Abby’s bedroom and Isaac’s castle battle scene.

In Living Color

Art, music, prose, and scripture all combined together to give a whole new meaning to the unique relationship between Mary and her son, Jesus.

At the AAMC in July, Rolando Diaz and Scott Sager worked together to impact their audience in a way that used all of the senses.  The room was dark, music played softly from a CD and I watched a talented artist bring the suffering Christ, a young Mary and her babe in arms to life.  It was unlike anything I’ve experienced before!  As Ro painted on a large canvas, Scott commentated on and read scriptures from the Bible that highlighted Mary’s experience as mother to Jesus and later as his follower.  I had never given much thought before to the internal struggles Mary must have gone through to accept her son, Jesus, as her Savior.  As I sat in the dark room with all of my senses engaged the relationship between this mother and son came to life in full color.

My mediocre photography skills do not do this painting justice…for that I apologize.  The finished product was breathtaking!!!!