Dear Praying Friends,
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| The Red Hen story. |
Thank you for your prayers dear friends. We surely felt them
this week. We had a single, though very large, class this week, made up of
several fourth and fifth grade classes. The fifth graders were really sixth
grade and acted like middle-schoolers. They really didn’t get excited about
much. On the other hand, the fourth graders acted very much like small
children. Therefore, right away on the first day, we decided to split the
fourth and fifth graders for English class. That worked much better.
Teaching this group was really quite comical. As I went
through the pictures taken, I had to laugh. There would be a picture of three
children all looking three different directions… It seemed to not matter what
we did or tried, the fifth graders would chit-chat through lessons, and the
fourth graders, well, we did great if they were in the classroom. It sounds
bad, but all in all, they were very controllable; a great way to finish the
year’s teaching.
Yesterday, as I traveled to the train station for my violin
lesson, I saw so MANY people. Some that called out to me, and I stopped to chat
with them. It’s amazing that even though my Chinese is not good, a smile and
nod makes many friends. The people here are so down, due mainly, I think, to
their religion. They have no hope. While I can’t yet share the gospel, I have
learned how to say “Jesus loves you,” and can of course share a smile.
Today (Friday) the kids went on a field trip, and there wasn’t
enough room for the English teachers, so the camp ended early this morning, and
we have a very quiet day ahead of us.
10 days ‘till I fly to the States!
By God’s Grace,
Barbara 蘇以樂
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