"Let not your hearts be troubled.
Believe in God, believe also in me."
John 14:1
Our 110 boarding students traveled to and from their destinations over Christmas break and returned safely to Kandern at the beginning of January! God continues to show his faithfulness to our school community throughout this pandemic. Monday, February 15th marked the first day back on campus for all students! God has also provided the financial support and travel arrangement for our new ELL teacher to come. Joy arrived here safely last weekend. She will begin shadowing our other ELL teacher next week to learn her role and prepare to transition into teaching some of the ELL classes. God has also been blessing my international church, which has seen growth during the pandemic.
Finding Support: The Story of a Resource Student in Three Parts
Part 1: My Crazy Brain
Tick, tick, tick. The clock above the door grabs my attention, and I hone my senses to hear only its sound. Tick, tick, tick, ti-- "OK, and as I've said before, there are steps to revision," The voice of the teacher across the hall suddenly interrupts my concentration and brings me to remember the state of my own English paper... LATE! I keep getting stuck on the second paragraph, it just doesn't flow with the rest, and I'm lacking good transitions between it and the other paragraphs. My English teacher says that I need to make sure each paragraph is in line with my topic: the suppression of women's education and its impact on their rights and freedoms. But I have found this excellent article about the slave revolt and how slave owners made laws against educating slaves in order to impede the abolitionist movement. And then there is another article on the..., THUMP! My chair shakes and I look back to see my best friend grinning at me from behind. "It looked like you were zoning out," she whispers and then focuses her attention back on our teacher. I look to the front of the classroom; there is a slide showing an image from WWII. Mrs. White pulls out a stack of half sheets of paper and begins to walk around the room, "For your exit ticket, write out the reasons that the United States joined the war." A slip of paper is laid on my desk. I stare at the center of the paper hoping somehow to recall information I didn't hear. When had I zoned out? I remember a bombing of a ship and I think that was important. I scribble a sentence on my paper and look out the window. The laundry truck is parked next to the retirement home and a man is loading big bags into the back of the truck. I wonder how often he has to come to pick up the dirty laundry. I know I don't want that as a job. Ding, Ding, the bell for the end of class rings and I pack up my bag. Will it always be so hard to focus in class? Why is my crazy brain so easily distracted? I do enjoy how easily I can entertain myself in my own head, but it is getting in the way sometimes, and my parents are starting to talk to me more and more about my poor grades. Is there anything that can help? To Be Continued...
Please Pray...
Praise God for protecting me, students, and other staff during our Christmas travel
Praise God that we are allowed to have on-campus learning this week
For Joy Richter, our new ELL teacher, as she just arrived and is settling into her new home and role
For J. and K., my two new students, that they would be open to Resource support and that I will have wisdom in how to best support them
For T., a student who shared with me some emotional and mental health struggles
For the seniors to have a successful year academically, socially, emotionally, and spiritually
For opportunities to ensure each of my seniors personally understand the gospel
Blessings,
Becky
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