Time to fill you in a bit on our activities at Colegio Privado Adonai.
As usual, every month is filled with activities. We started August a little bit worried since during the month of July the students had 3 weeks of winter vacations. Usually we only have 2 weeks of winter break, but this year there were so many cases of colds and flu that the president decided to extend vacations for one more week.
We were worried about the economic situation that would follow. During winter break very few parents came to pay their tuitions and we were worried about how to pay teacher’s salaries at the end of the month. We prayed that God would work miracles. We called some parents. It seems that just minutes before the teachers came by to pick up their pay; parents came by to pay their monthly fees. Most of them (the teachers) didn’t even know that we didn’t have sufficient funds. We also learned a lesson about our incredible God. This is His work and He won’t abandon what He started. We were able to pay each one on our staff without any delays. Praise God.
During the month of August we had many, many activities. Some of these events were as follows: the ACSI (Association of Christian Schools International) competitions, Kid’s Day celebrated at school as well as a 12th grade project celebrating Kid’s Day at an orphanage “La Nueva Semilla” (The New Seed) for about 50 kids, we celebrated Folklore Day and on top of all that…EXAMS!
We started the month off and things settled down, getting back to normal. Thursdays we have our chapel. One of the pictures is of Pastor Oscar teaching a bible story during Chapel.Another picture is of recess, a normal, noisy part of the day where students fill the playground area and the “soccer field”. They have their own system of playing order that gives each grade a chance at the field. When it’s not their turn for the “cancha”, others are playing the popular “piki-volley” where they use a bench as the net with two players on each side using only head, body and feet (no hands) to pass the ball back and forth.
We also participated in the ACSI competitions with about 20 other schools. We had a handball team, as well as male and female soccer teams. Each team practiced during winter break with our Phys. Ed teachers. The games were played on the 13th and 14th, 21st, and 28th. We rented buses the first days of the competition since there were many students, teachers and parents going to help take care of the large group.
The best news…the girls’ soccer team won 2nd place.
On August 16th our younger students, Kindergarten through 6th grades, had a special party for Kid's Day. The students came to celebrate...no books or book bags that day. Some of the teachers dressed up as clowns, did a fun presentation while teaching values from God Word. Each student received a small bag of goodies, cake and hot chocolate. The 12th graders have been working on a charity Project all year at an orphanage near our school. They went to “The New Seed” to celebrate Kid’s Day there. There are about 50 kids at this home and with the funds collected at our Mission’s Week food fair we were able to take lunch, prizes, and party favors to these kids who might not have had such a fancy party.
Finally, we had “Folklore Day” an event where we present our culture through music, art, dance and typical foods and clothes. The whole presentation was fantastic, and half-way through the night we were privileged to hear a meditation from the word of God since one of our goals is to reach the parents for Christ, alsoSeptember has it's many activities as well. We had play presentation of "Pilgrim's Progress" on September 3rd, and next week we start school Olympics.
When we seem overwhelmed with activities and plans we are reminded of Exodus 33:14...my Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest. We are thankful for His presence and strength throughout the whole school year!
Thanks for your prayers!
Some of you might not be on my mailing list. I haven't updated for a while...my bad! So, here is a little bit on what's happening at school...PLUS, some pictures. My email update didn't get any pictures yet...I was having some problems.
Yesterday the kids started their soccer, handball, and volleyball games. There are about 15 schools involved. The High School boys' game was one of the kick-off games and Colegio Privado Adonai won 5-4. I got their just after the game. Gaby met me at the gate, scraped up -legs, knees and wrists - to tell me that he made 4 of the 5 goals! His huge scars were nothing compared to those glorious goals. One of the teachers filmed it. I'll have to get her video later.
We celebrated so many things this past week...Mission's Week at school, 4th of July (at home and with Americans, of course!), and the Paraguay-Spain World Cup Soccer game. The first two celebrations went well, the third one was kind of sad since we were eliminated.
Our school was invited to the 
