Our team ended its first week of teaching in Lincoln, NE at St. Peter's Parish last Friday the 10th. I was definitely in over my head. I had the 1st grade class with 18 students. As fun as they were, they were a handful. They loved learning all the songs that went along with the stories of Noah, Moses, and Abraham, and were singing the loudest and had great actions to go along with them. They put on a lot of plays for me as well, which was so much fun to watch. The little ones definitely wear you out with how much love they give. They constantly were giving out hugs and compliments, it was so great! The St. Peter's Parish had over 150 kids signed up for our day program and around 30 for our high school night. Because of the high number of students, we had 2 T.T teams from Lincoln and 1 team with us from Vermont. It was so much fun getting to know all of them and share in the experiences that the kids brought.
Mikayla and I could not have asked for a better host family. We stayed with The Werning Family all week and they were beyond generous. They made us feel so welcome in their home and were always there to hear about our day, tell us hilarious stories about their family and YaYa, or just let us relax and kick back from the tiring day. We were able to meet some of the most amazing families everyday from all of the different families that brought all 12 of us into their home and provided some of the best meals I've ever had. It was great getting to know so many different families and hear their own stories.
A memory I don't think Mikayla and I will ever forget is 1 of our nights at the Wernings. We were both sleeping soundly until I woke up to the loudest banging against our bedroom door. I literally froze in the bed because I had no idea what was going on. All of a sudden, the door flew open and in comes Max (the family dog) running around in circles in our room trying to wake us up. Mikayla is still sound asleep during this so I turn over and wake her up saying "Mikayla I think the dog is in our room!" She gets out of bed, half asleep and very confused, and just runs the dog upstairs and goes right back to sleep. The next day both of us didn't believe that it actually happened. The Wernings quickly assured us that it did happen because Max kept them up for the rest of the night!
Thankfully, I was able to escape the Sundae this week!! Unfortunately, my team wasn't so lucky. Because there were so many kids, we had 2 groups of kids win and pick 2 of the teacher's to get the Sundae. Ryan and Mikayla were there victims. It was so much fun to watch and Mikayla and Ryan were really good sports about it. They got their revenge later on in the water fight! It was such a fun way to end a busy, chaotic, and very blessed week.
My team is now in Plattsmouth, NE, a small little town with about 75 kids involved in our grade school and 15 high schoolers. It's nice having the 4 of us work together and we're starting to become our own little family. Mikayla has the 1st and 2nd grade this week while Murphy, Ryan, and myself have the older students. I will keep you posted on how the rest of the week and please keep us in your prayers!
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