What a full, exhausting, triumphant, dismal day (Wednesday)! I'm so tired I can hardly write this blog. The teachers planned a celebration for the students and their parents today to honor the completion of the English classes this week. Our first clue that it was going to be a grand event was when they started hauling out big speakers and a sound system when we arrived in the morning. Chairs and a few desks were hauled outside for all the students, the parents, and the honored guests...Kimberly, Warren and I and leaders in the community who offered prayers and speeches.
They played the El Salvador national anthem and cued up Pomp and Circumstance for the students to receive their little certificates of completion that we had made up.
We also led them in English songs and had a drawing for the hats that Jane Repp had made and the giant pencils that Nancy Mott bought.
The grand finale was the presentation of a soccer ball from the students in Doug Smith's class at Aurora Heights in Newton to the students in Munoces.
The ball was
immediately put to good use!
The event went on for two and a half hours and when it was over we had the 4 hour ride home written about in the previous post. You never know what will happen next!
PS. The Green Hornet had a new fuel filter and buzzed along to school the next day...although it has some interesting new noises that have potential to lead to further break-downs.
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