Internship #2

Had my first day yesterday and it went great.

We started off with chapel, we did some

accapella songs to get the kids excited

and make sure they were awake. Then

Dr. Perkins himself came and spoke on

building your house on the solid foundation

and not on the sand. For those who build

their houses on the sand are fools. I can

tell it had an affect on the children and

definitely had an affect on me as an intern

and as a fool.

We then went into academic time where

my fellow teacher of the 5th grade class,

Ms. Rakhua, and I got to be first introduced

to our class. We have 11 5th graders. And

to them I am Mr. Chris, it is weird but cool

to be called by my fathers name in such a

professional manner. We went briefly over

the subjects we were going to teach them

over the summer (math, reading, english

and vocabulary). Then the class was able

to learn more about us, their teachers, and

each other through some fun ice breakers.

Then the entire summer camp took a couple

of vans over to a nearby elementary school

and the kids all got cafeteria lunch. After we

all came back to the center and we went into

'Arts' time. There are 4 arts classes, and each

kid will spend the entire summer in 1 of them.

There is theater, dancing, miming, and fashion.

And of course, I was in fashion haha. But it

turns out that the 2 other teachers in it with me

couldn't be better. There is Mr. J who is an

actual fashion designer, Ms. Emma who has

tought many classes about eating diseases

to high school girls back home, and then me

who has had a lot of trouble growing up and

still to this day accepting being in my own skin

and being satisfied knowing I am in the image

of God. So the 3 of us together have been

working great so far. We ended the day with an

intense game of kickball with the children

which gave me a chance to get to know the

students outside my classroom on a more fun

level. After they had free time as parents were

picking them up.

It was a very hot day and seemed to take a

while for the day to end, but I really enjoyed it.

My only prayer is that the summer does not

'fly by' to the extent that I look back and wish

I did more. So if you could, please pray that I

make the most out of every single opportunity

the Lord provides. The harvest is plenty but

very few workers, so us as workers need to

make the most out of the time we have. Thanks

for the prayers and support!

~Christian