its October!!

YAY! October is here :) its my favorite month... wonder why ;)

So this week went by crazy fast. I really almost forgot that it was even time to update this thing today! No too much has happened this week... pretty much just school and work... so this blog wont be very exciting. Never-the-less...

first up, micks school. this week mick had two more tests. one on monday and one on wednesday. so, if you are thinking he didnt have time to do anything but study, you would be correct. he litterally gets home from school, relaxes for maybe an hour and we eat... then, hes back to the books till anytime between 10:30 and 12. sounds fun right? however, it at least payed off and he made some good grades on his tests! he did get a bit of a breather after wednesday though, so that has been good!

for the first three days of the week, we were down a teacher in my classroom..... so, even though we did perfectly fine and everything  went well, it took a bit more energy!!most of the week was pretty typical, but on friday we got to have a parade!! this parade was our multicultural parade. so, each class chose a country and we had to make costumes out of paper in the classroom for the kiddos. our class chose brazil.. our costumes looked like the chiquita banana girl! they were SO adorable! we made fruits with glitter and glued them on a big hat for them, then we made arm ruffles out of coffee filters that we painted, and made cut out paper plates painted with glitter and feathers and streamers on them for them to carry. each item was made by the students in class (with our help of course)! one of the other teachers (ms sira) also painted their faces with face paint and glitter. they were sooooo cute!! i wish i could post pictures, but due to some of the school laws i cannot post any pictures of the kids online, so i will have to show you another time. after the parade in the morning the parents brought TONS of food and the rest of the day was pretty much party day! it was a great end to the week except for a four hour training i had to be at this morning. boo.

in other news... our friend hannah and her parents came down on thursday night because she might be going to utmb next year and they came down to tour the school and what not. mick showed them around the island and stuff thursday and then after work i met them all down on the island for dinner! hannahs parents were sooo nice AND bought us dinner! it was great to see a friend and was a fun time!
also, last wednesday i fell victim to the full effect of working at a preschool and got sick. haha. im still sick, but hopefully on the upswing. its just a silly cold or sinus infection type thing... just enough to make me exhausted! but, i have an amazing husband who has cooked and cleaned and taken care of me all week :) hes the best!!!

also, in a church update... we went to the same church again last sunday.. i think we are pretty close to deciding this is where we will stay. we also joined this group called starting point. like i said last week, they dont do sunday school, so they have life groups that meet whenever... but we missed the date for life group sign up... so, starting point was our best option to get involved. basically, starting point is geared towards discovering the story of Christ. so, it mainly targets people who are questioning Christianity or are new Christians and want to learn more. however, it is open to everyone and is a good way to meet people. so, we decided it couldnt hurt to join. we meet every sunday after the service. we LOVED it. it is really cool because our group has a pretty good mix of people who are questioning or new vs. people who have been Christians for a long time. there is one guy in our group who is married to a strong Christian, but has never been a follower himself and is questioning all of it, but is open and wants to learn. there are also two other couples who are brand new to the church scene and this is the first time they have ever been involved with anything in a church. then there is us and a couple of other girls who are actually very active in the church and are doing starting point as a refresher. it is SO cool to be seeing this Bible study from all points of view. first of all, it is always good to go back and talk about the basics and talk about the fundamentals.... but it is also really neat to hear people ask questions about things or make comments about things that we really take for granted as part of the Christian faith. we really feel like this is going to be a neat experience because 1- this will be the first study that we have done together as a couple, even though we have been involved together its always been in seperate groups. 2- we feel like we have a chance to offer some experience from what God has already taught us and hopefully show Christ to the people in our class who dont yet know Him. 3- hearing their questions and comments really makes us go back and look at WHY we believe what we believe and strengthen and inforce what we know to be true about God. weve only had the introductory session and all of this came from it! it is a ten week study, so we are very excited to see what happens!! pray for God to be evident in our lives within this group and for us to be open not only to what God has to teach us, but also that we would be tools for God to reach out to these people!! also pray for everyone in the class that they would be open and soft hearted so that they could hear the voice of God!

that is about all for this week!! we love you and miss you!

ps... i finally got a pay check!! yayyyyy for income!!

-m&k