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.
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