2nd Week of Totus Tuus

Hi Everyone!

We finished up our 2nd week of Totus Tuus in Plattsmouth, NE.  A very small, VERY hilly town.  It was the first week of just our team together running an entire parish of about 80 kids.  Using adult language they were very energetic, which means they were some of the craziest kids I have ever been around!  We had some really fun times since the kids were so into it but they also could be quite the handful.  We had one very energetic 1st grader who could not stop doing handstands, cart wheels, and punching kids.  It was hilarious but stressful. 

Sunday through Thursday night of Totus Tuus we have high school night for 2 hours.  I was so impressed with my team this week.  Ryan, Mikayla, and Murphy all stepped up to the plate and gave awesome high school talks that left the students in awe and wanting to learn more about how to live out Totus Tuus(totally yours through Mary).  After a night where Mikayla and Murphy gave talks, one girl came outside and told us that she loved Totus Tuus and it made her want to to go to mass every Sunday.  That really did make the week and my team and I agreed that when T.T. can get hard, it's comments like that that make it worth it.  I am thankful to have my team and I can't wait for more high school nights to come!

Unfortunately, I did not escape the ice cream sundae this week.  The 7th and 8th grade class won and I was their homeroom teacher so they had it out for me when it came to picking one of their teachers.  I had 1 gallon of vanilla ice cream, a pint of cookies and cream, a jar of fudge, a bottle of syrup, a bottle of caramel, peanuts, sprinkles, and to top it all off, four pickles.  It took a lot of shampoo to get all of that out! The water fight was extra fun because not only was I getting clean, but I was after all of the 7th and 8th graders who decided to put all of that on me. 

My team has been such a blessing so far.  We just made the 5 hour drive to Imperial, NE where we were able to spend a lot of close time together.  I am learning so much from them on how to be the best teammate I can be and how to love them and all of the kids and host families even when we're on about 3 hours of sleep and I'm on my last nerve.  I can't wait to see what this week will bring for us but I'm sure it's going to be interesting whatever it is.  We have already had 2 big storms here in western NE so keep us in your prayers!

KIDS QUOTES:

Boy:  "Teacher this girls said I was a jerk"
Crazy handstand kid:  "It's ok, you have a cool face"

Me:  "Can anyone tell me an example of good stewardship?"
1st grade boy:  "When two people are in a maze and 1 person knows the way and another person doesn't so the person who does know the maze helps the person who doesn't find the end of it"

Ryan: Lets think about the great sacrifice Jesus made for us by dying on the cross.
5th grade boy leans over and whispers to his friend:  It is pretty cool what he did for us