A little about Luke

Here is Luke, the boy I teach, working on an activity page. He looks happy because he just finished recess and I believe we were on our way to P.E.

The second picture is of Luke pointing to his Titanic picture. He loves the Titanic. An anchor, an iceburg and a captain that will go down with the ship is always included in his pictures. The rescure boat is generally following close behind. Luke's dad said, on their blog (Blyth's blog link is on the left), "it’s (the Titanic's destruction) the main event of human history as far as he’s concerned."

From our numerous discussions about the Titanic I have at least convinced Luke to write the word 'boat' and why ships shouldn't hit iceburgs. He also doesn't quite get that it's history and that no matter how much he wants to help the people on the ship, they still die. I don't know why he is so facinated with this event or who told him about it, but he is and it has stuck. A good teacher would just dive right into the history of the Titanic and even the constructions of boats. But I'm not a good teacher, I'm inexperienced and I just want the kid to learn how to read. Pray for us!

Random photos

Becky's store. This is a shop that is just around the corner from my apartment. I go here to get the essentials: toilet paper and minerals (soda pop, soft drinks). Good times!










Here is a catipiller and he's got fuzzy, spiky hair.
Do you see the 'dust bunny' at the front, I believe that is from the back of my fridge. He was one and a half inchs long, by the way. I threw him outside when I was done with this photo shoot.

Have a pleasant day.

It's October

It's October, so for those of you in the States it is fall and for us in Nigeria it is the end of rainy season. Raining season starts in April here and in the hight of it, it rains about twice a day. And when rainy season ends, it ends. Maybe one more fluke shower between now and April. a few sprinkles maybe.

Oh and for you Okies. It is not windy here, so I could be standing outside and not able to fly a kite or need to fix my hair and even could have it out of a ponytail. I knew it was possible to live in a place without constant wind but didn't know it would be days on end. Just odd.

Sorry if you are bored but I knew I needed to give an update.