I have gotten off to a good start with the conference...one of the boys won't come to my program, one of the girls came for one session and cried when her mom told her she had to go to a second, and another girl slipped in the Finnish Bay and got wet all the way up to her neck. Well, it's not as bad as it sounds - the first boy is two, the first girl was having a bad day and completely changed her mind 30 minutes later and the second girl, well, that's just Olesya. My program has been going surprisingly well, given the fact that it is entirely in Russian. The kids are interested in the stories and excited about the games, mostly. The first day was tough because I had them for five sessions, but tomorrow and Friday will only be four sessions. Sergey let me use an empty hotel room for the kids and we have reorganized it and decorated it and we spend half the day there and half the day outside. Here's a picture of a couple of the kids sporting their "armor of God" pieces for me on our floor. I am a bit worried about the rest of the week as I don't have prizes yet and I am running out of craft materials, but somehow I will work it out. I'm going to be exhausted after this week!
YEAH CASI! as a mom who just attended a conference with my child well cared for, i just want to say THANKS for all the work you are putting into this. it really does matter ALOT
ReplyDeleteas your friend I just want to say, WAY TO GO! it sounds like you are doing great. keep up the good work and we'll be praying for you :) (and your tired russian brain!)