Say it ain't so!!!
I am so very sorry for the lengthy absence. Getting to the internet has been difficult, and it hasn't been high on my priority list. For that, I apologize. Please make sure you have visited our combined blog for Cindy's recent update with pictures! http://peruleinbachsisters.blogspot.com/
Our computer appears to be acutally working correctly in all the right ways. Please Lord, may it continue to be so. It's really affected our productivity, our communication with family and friends, and our mental health to be so disconnected and frustrated on so many fronts with our technology since moving to Lima. But, we're on the home stretch (hopefully) of things starting to come together, beginning with our computer working well. whoo hoo!
AND we're on the home stretch of our first year of teaching. we have only 17 days of school left. Yes, I am freaking out. I have so much that I didn't get done that I wanted to get done. And i'm going through a little bit of "I won't be able to do this with my kids" as i realize that after 17 school days i won't be their teacher anymore, and i won't get to see my boys (and three girls) every day... yes, they are a very challenging group of students, but they are such a WONDERFUL group of students, too! I love them all and will miss them terribly. So i'm trying to start looking forward to next year's third grade: all 18 of them... and this time, only three BOYS. what a difference! and i'm not sure i really want 15 girls to three boys any more than i wanted 9 boys to three girls... oh well. it will be different, that's for sure.
But i'll miss my boys. a lot.
please pray for me an dmy class over these last four weeks before school ends, our Christmas program occurs, and Cindy and I board a plane for Chicago. SO MUCH has to be done before then. There's some issues of an interpersonal nature that also need to be reconciled over the next weeks, in regards to some students and their families. PLEASE keep these things in your mind and prayers.
Things are getting better. It was a rough time for a while. I think i've just now started to realize just HOW rough of a time we went through, just how MUCH stress my brain and body were operating under... I'm praising God that I made it through with as little collateral damage as there appears to be! :)
Also, our roommate Katie (the teacher who's been here for three years already) is getting married in January. We are thrilled for her and Jose Manuel, but will miss living with her very much! Prayers for them would be great as they plan their wedding long-distance (it will be in Michigan) and also try to prepare here and find a place to live, etc. happily for us, since it's in Michigan, we'll get to go! YEAH!
Well, it's 10:30 and i need to go to bed so that i'll be able to hop out of bed in the morning! (yeah, right... like i EVER 'hop' out of bed!!!)
Love to you all, and thank you for your prayers even though i was MIA. -emily.
