For teaching, today was a lot better than yesterday! Especially the first half of the day the kids were so good and I was better at speaking loud and being able to quiet them down. The second half was a little bit harder to get their attention, but it makes sense because in the last hour of school they are more restless and tired of sitting or working.

And today Sephora explained to me the game they play every day at recess which is where the girls have to capture the boys and then the boys are only freed if another boy came up to tag them. And all the girls ask me to run and chase the boys with them at recess. And then when we came to class Bill (one of the boys I caught at recess) looked at me and said "You can run fast Miss Sarah" and he was sweating and all tired out from me chasing after him and the other kids haha

And I taught Vielnique how to play slide, which was fun. And then she taught me a hand clapping game where at the end you have a straight face contest and at first I kept laughing and losing, but by the third or fourth time I was able to keep a straight face and I learned that if I just leaned an inch closer to her with my straight face, it'd make her giggle every time, so then I won like 4 times in a row and I don't think I've ever won that much in a straight face contest because I am always the one to smile first.

Then today I also had to say goodbye to my Dad. Thankfully, Cindy was able to teach a bit for me so I could see him off at the airport. It was hard to say goodbye, but I did really good because normally I'm a mess when it comes to goodbyes like these, ask anyone at Flipt on my last night, haha, but today I was able to just tear up and not ugly cry all over the place like I usually do. And I think one of the reasons I didn't was because I knew I had to go back to school and teach so I was able to hold myself together for that. I miss my dad and my family a lot, but I'm not feeling homesick or anything--at least not yet! All the people here feel like family and it just feels like I'm at my other home.

And then after school I got to hold a new born baby girl named Julissa! She is only one week old! And she was so tiny, probably 6 pounds, or even less. But she is healthy and extremely cute. When I held her in my arms I could feel her breathing and she was just the most precious thing.

And then I watched Ryan climb probably like a good 30 feet or so up a tree to pick an avocado! It was impressive haha

Then I worked on my school stuff and today it only took me like an hour and a half! I was so happy to become much faster at planning. And today I only have 8 pages of notes, compared to 18 pages for my first day hahaha

Also I want to share this Bible verse that perfectly sums up my experience here. "When I thought, 'My foot slips,' your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul."  --Psalm 94:18-19