I spent most of the day in my classroom getting ahead with my lesson plans. I also spent a few hours sorting through some presents for the high school classes. Since the boat arrived a few weeks ago, all of the sponsor gifts arrived and there is an entire hallway of boxes for the students. The boxes are about four feet high and line both sides of the hallway. It is incredible to see the generosity of the students' sponsors who send these gifts so they will have presents to open for Christmas.
All of the high school presents were brought up and stored in my room, so we sorted a lot of them by grade level and by student. For Christmas, before we leave to go home, we will pass the gifts out to everyone. I am sure it will be a little chaotic but fun to watch.
About Me
- DJodts
- I have created this blog to share the stories of my trip to Haiti as a missionary at Sonlight Ministries as I will be teaching Algebra, Geometry, Adv. Math as well as 6th grade math. Sonlight Ministries was started by Roger and Norma Alexander in 1985 after their second year in Haiti. Before moving to Haiti I have visited four times on one week trips to volunteer with anything that was needed. This mainly consisted of construction work as groups from my church, WRCC, have helped build a new multipurpose building for Sonlight which will be called SonCenter. Construction isn’t the only type of work. Some like to spend time in the classrooms interacting with the students as teachers aides or sitting in the hall with a student one-on-one to help with grammar, math, etc. Groups have also helped with numerous tasks such as painting inside houses, outside houses, and rooftops. If you enjoy helping others and would ever consider visiting please let me know; it is a life changing experience.
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