Random Info...winding down

So I've been slackin off on getting this lastest blog entry in, but that's mostly cause there is not much to tell. Pretty much been staying busy working and ready for the year to end. One more full week left and then three days of finals. Been playing a lot of basketball, a little bit of soccer, some frisbee, but mostly just been workin.

Couple weeks ago I was playing basketball with some Nicas, went up for a rebound got my legs swept out from under me and landed on my back. So that layed me up for a couple days, although I couldn't keep myself off the court so I just kept playing; probably not the best idea.

Took a couple pics of some students in one of my classes I'll put below, one of them is Gerson who is one of the guys I wrote about in my last blog, he's the one with the big smile. The rest is just some random pics that I tried to take without the students noticing but that didn't work very well, they of course are trying to hide from the camera, so I just put the couple decent ones that I had below. I'll definitely get more before the summer to show you.

This past week was supposed to be my sister and brother-in-law's anniversary, so that was a rough couple days. Usually doin alright, but spent a couple days bummin' around thinking about it.

So...sorry to say, that's about it. Looking forward to seeing many of you in a few weeks. I pray that you all are doing well and enjoying the spring weather back home, or where ever you may be. Hopefully shooting a couple rounds of golf, which I am looking forward to, or just kickin it with your friends. See y'all soon.

j

Making Progress

Well one more week of school gone by, I've got to say that I am ready for the school year to be over. I don't want to say that I haven't been enjoying teaching this year, it's just been a challenge and I am ready for a break. This has been a long school year, I've definitely been through quite a bit and I am ready to "relax," although I won't really be relaxing this summer. Maybe relax my brain is a better way to say it. This past week was a pretty routine week, classes went well and students are just as ready for the summer too.
Two of my students, brothers, have been talking to me about a youth group that they run every Sunday afternoon; this past Sunday I went to check it out. Their father is the pastor at a church and they run the youth group. They hang out with some kids from the neighborhood, play games, sports, and break dance. This was really cool, I went down there and they just chilled, did some break dancing and just chatted with the kids. It was a real low key way to witness to the neighborhood kids, they weren't pushy they just shared the love of God. I was very impressed with these two guys. Their names are Gerson and Denis. Gerson is a sophmore and is in my Algebra II class, Denis is a junior and is in my PreCalc class. Gerson is a good break dancer and he was hanging out 'battling' with the guys, and Denis just chills and chit-chats with those who don't dance. Afterwords they take the guys to a Sunday night youth service at their church. It's a tight way to reach kids that probably wouldn't have been reached. So if you think about it, you could pray for those two guys and the ministry that they are doing down here.

On a different note, progress reports are due today. Which means that there is light at the end of the tunnel. We are halfway through the fourth quarter, with only 5 weeks left. I have a friend, Josh, coming down here in June to hang out with for a few days before I head back to the states for the summer. Gives me an event to look forward to. That's about it for the week. I hope each of you is doing well and I thank God for all your prayers.
j