Internship #3

So week two has officially ended and boy has

it been a long two weeks. The first week

went well. I have continued and am continuing to

earn these children's trust who are always

trying to earn the respect, trust, and approval

of any and all adults. But it is going good, it is

really neat to see, despite how little this kids

know me, how they respect and accept all I have

to say, whether funny or giving them punishment

for something they've done wrong, its always,

'Yes Sir' or 'Yes Mr. Chris'.

Last weekend was the 50th Anniversary of the

ministry of John and Vera Mae Perkins so the

interns and I spent Thursday night working an

art show/auction to help raise money for the

center. Friday night was spent preparing

for the release of a document made about the

lives of the Perkins. Then Saturday night all

the interns became waiters for this massive

banquet held for John and Vera Mae. It was

quite a long weekend but really amazing to get

to see so much history in only three days.

My classroom has been a complete blessing,

of course there are always some stragglers or

kids who just like being difficult for the sake of

being difficult. In particular these twin boys

Pierre and Patrick, both loooooove pushing

my buttons, but God has thankfully given me

patience with them. I have four girls, Leah,

Makalyn, Jayla, and Marche who are in love

with Justin Bieber so I get to poke fun at him

quite often. There is a really shy girl named

Amber who only talks to me which is really

cool, we get to play basketball everyday.

Then another two girls, Brianne and Malaysia

who are kind of floaters, just follow the crowd.

Then the two twins, Pierre and Patrick,

another boy named Jordan who is a really

cool kid, a little bit on the slower side and

gets distracted easily, but super quite and

shy. And then last week we had a kid named

Dekell but he hasn't come back this week.

Sometimes kids just randomly take vacations

and don't tell the teachers.

The relationships with the interns have

been great. I am learning a lot from their

different lifestyles and cultures and they

from me too. I get made fun of for saying

things like 'Gnarly' or 'Bro' but its cool,

I knew it was coming. I am just excited

to grow in Christ alongside with these

newly found brothers and sisters of mine.

Thanks for all the prayers, keep em

coming though! God bless

~Christian