Today I got to see most all of my students! And they are SO CUTE! Today we had a registration thing for school where all the students come and check in with you and they buy their French books and stuff like that. And I only got to see each kid briefly, but man are they absolutely adorable! I'm so blessed that I get to be their teacher, I can't wait to spend more time with them and build relationships with them all. :) Also if the Beckman's are reading this, I have Bendjino in my class, he is Wilben's little brother and he looks so much like Wilben and is soo cute. :)

Also at Sonlight we have assistants in our classrooms who help the teacher out throughout the year. And my assistants are Madam Johnny (In Haiti, a married woman is called Madam followed by her husband's first name), Miss Illianise, and Miss. Macdala. You can be praying for them too! :) They're awesome! I got to see Mme Johnny and Miss Illianise today. And when Miss Illianise saw me, she recognized me from when I visited and gave me a hug and told me she loved me. And then when I told her I was Miss Sarah, the second grade teacher, she was so happy. It was really sweet. I love her so much.

I'm still pretty nervous about teaching and everything, but when I get nervous I think about Romans 8:15 "For you did not receive the spirit of slavery, to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, 'Abba! Father!".  There is this song we sing in Flipt about that verse that says "I'm no longer a slave to fear, but I am a child of God. I'm no longer a slave to fear, But I am a child God" over and over it says that and I realize how a lot of my life I lived in fear. I was so shy it made me afraid to step out of my comfort zone, or I was always afraid of what people thought of me, this fear made it difficult to do what God asked of me, so often I would just ignore the things He put on my heart because I didn't have the boldness to pursue them. I remember when we first started singing that song at Flipt and how as I sang I knew in the back of my mind that there were things I still lived in fear about, one of them being my future. Because at that time I was planning to go to college, and even though I had picked a major, I really didn't know what I wanted to do with it and God hadn't made it clear to me of what I should do after high school yet. So I was just scared about all that. But then I remember singing that same song during Flipt camp (which was after I knew I would be going to Haiti) and I was so overjoyed as I sang because I believed in the words I was singing. I knew that I was no longer a slave to fear. I knew that even though going to Haiti was going to be really hard, I wasn't going to let fear hold me back in taking the next step God had for me. And now that I'm here, I'm still nervous, but I have peace about my decision and being here because I know it's what God wanted for me. Now I just gotta keep trusting Him as the days get tougher when I actually begin teaching next week.

Love you guys! :)