I forgot to mention in my last blog that I went muu muu shopping! Last Friday me and Alise went to New Hope where they sell muu muus for $6.50. We both got 2 for ourselves. I never thought I'd be so excited about a muu muu! They are actually quite comfortable and very practical for the hot weather here. I'm going to upload pictures soon so I'll try to include some of us rockin the muu muu.
Last Saturday night Dennis (who runs the wellness center) invited us over for a free dinner. It was sooo good! There were different soups and homemade bread and of course the amazing chocolate frozen bananas. He was gonna let us watch a movie but it took awhile to download and get setup so we ended up playing a bunch of goofy games. AND we weighed ourselves....this is the most I've ever weighed in my entire life! Hopefully the most I ever will too....man I'm glad it's volleyball season.
Speaking of which we had our first "practice." But grades 5-12 all met so it was a bit crowded. We just wanted to see who would show up and practice a few drills. I'm pretty excited about my girls. They're pretty good so I don't have to worry about teaching basic skills. I feel a little bit of pressure though because they've won the last 3 or 4 years or something crazy! I'm coaching with Ben though so it's gonna be fun for sure.
This past Tuesday was Presidents' Day here which means NO SCHOOL! Oh it was amazing. We woke up early for breakfast then came back and went to bed. I leisurely finished all my school stuff, and then it was pouring in the afternoon and we went and played in the rain. Too bad we can't have every Tuesday off. They are seriously the hardest day of the week for me...I don't know what it is.
The craziness started on Thursday. Our power went out which meant no electricity for the fan I finally got in my classroom (oh yeah!), or for cooking on the stove at lunch. There was also no water which meant no showers and no flushing the toilet. YIKES! (haha I'm not sure which was worse for us.) Anyway it kind of sucked at first, but then the guys couldn't get on their computers or play video games, so they hung out with us all night! We made a fire and people made food over it. We decided to do pancakes lol. All we had to put on them was jelly though.
After I had gotten into bed I heard people talking excitedly outside. Of course I had to know what was going on. Apparently there was a prison break on the island (there's a prison here?) and 12 guys got out. By this time all but 3 were rounded up. I wasn't too scared because I feel safe here on campus, but HAHAHA Zac was definitely scared. He is so funny. Him and Rob "patrolled" with a baseball bat and fishing spear. Much of it was for our entertainment, but they claimed the next morning that they actually got up every 30 minutes to check. LOL
The next morning we headed to the wellness center for breakfast. That's when we heard the tragic news. Dennis had gotten word that a girl from Southern---Kirsten Wolcott---had been killed on the island of Yap. I honestly am not exactly sure where that is in relation to here, but it hit home because that's still in Micronesia, and she was one of our own. I was completely in shock. I still don't think I've wrapped my mind around it. It's so surreal. I've heard that she was raped and stabbed to death. Why? We can never know. But I just trust that God sees the big picture when we cannot. He would never want something like this to happen. But we live in a sinful world, and the devil is out to get us in any way he can. And he knows all our weaknesses. This is why it is so SO important that we continually strengthen our connection with God through prayer. The invisible battle---the Great Controversy---is as real as ever, and it is so dangerous when we forget about it. We live thinking this world is our home and shove the knowledge of Jesus' soon return in the back of our minds. I know I've been guilty of that. This is why we MUST continue to pray. Pray for ourselves and for each other. And live every day as if Jesus was coming back. Because He is!!
Saturday, November 21, 2009
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