Parent-Teacher Conferences....ooh boy

To my plethora of faithful readers --- my apologies for being so inconsistent with my posts! I would like to attribute the unfaithfulness of this past week to my unfortunate state of computerlessness. Yes as you know I cracked my lovely computer screen, so I mailed it home on the 25th. I found out from my mom that it is fixed and on its way back now! I can NOT wait for our reunion! 

So I love fast card games, which makes me sad that I have waited over 20 years to discover Dutch Blitz! Now I want to play all the time. Lucky for me there are other people here who love it too. (Note to my family: Can you believe there's a GUY here who is really good?? hahaha) This note has nothing to do with island life really...it's just something fun I've been doing recently. 

I am now certified to scuba dive! I passed the written test last week, and just yesterday me and my totally AWESOME scuba buddy, Katrina, went out on our own with Rob and Jon. It was not the best for visibility, but it was one of the funnest dives I've gone on. It was definitely scary at first being out on our own, but it was so exciting too! We went down into a ship...it was scary at first but really cool. 

Wow...parent teacher conferences. A new experience for a student turned teacher without any training! Our principal said maybe only 5 or 6 parents would show. Yeah right! I went 17 for 22! At least I wasn't bored though. We had a half day so we got out at 12pm. Then we were in our classrooms from 4-7pm. I felt a little intimidated because I didn't know how the parents would react to grades (or to me). Some just wanted to pick up the report card, others had some advice on how I should teach. But overall it went well! I was excited because I felt like I would be able to understand my kids more once I met their parents. If that isn't the truth! 

So...I really can't believe it's November already. It's been almost 3 months. It feels like I've been here much longer than that and known these people a lifetime. The church choir has grown in number due to increasing SM participation. (Not me of course! Come on guys...) But almost ALL the SMs are in it now. They sound much better I'll admit! lol 

This last Sabbath I started reading Redeeming Love. Oh it's such a good book! I used to read all the time and this is the first book I've really read for enjoyment in years I think. I can hardly put it down. It's a novel about the story of Hosea. So incredible. 

Saturday night was Halloween and also Katrina's birthday. I do have pictures but I'll have to wait till my computer comes back to post on facebook. We had a bonfire/costume party. It was pretty rad. We had a cat pinata (get it?) and ended up in a frosting fight so we all got in the water and swam some. Then we sat around outside telling scary stories, some real some not. 

This week our principal has been gone to the outer islands. Party! No but seriously our morning meetings have been so much more concise and to the point. It's amazing! 

I've gotten more exercise this week! I feel so inactive here. Monday it was rainy and after school we went to the bridge. We played off the pier in a whirlpool. It was crazy! Then we jumped off the bridge several times. Last night a bunch of us played volleyball! You get REALLY sweaty here...but I loved every second of it. We played like 7 games and if it had eaten supper I would have played ALL night! 

Anyway things are going great! :) Thanks for all your prayers everyone.