Tuesday

Hello again from Asamankese!!!!!

Today was a day with some minor changes from the regular week-day schedule. We woke up early in order to make it to a local school to meet the children and teach them a small lesson on Canada. As we approached the school there were children dressed in blue EVERYWHERE!!!! As the bell sounded they all rushed from their classrooms and lined up in perfect lines according to grade in the center courtyard. There they sang their national anthem and recited The Lords Prayer. Once we had been introduced we met the teachers individually before the children were dismissed to their classrooms. As they left they sang the "knapsack on my back" song marching in perfect unison.
Split up into 3 groups we began teaching the children of the 4, 5 and 6 grade levels. We quickly summed up Canada; the provinces, the 4 seasons and other things specific to Canada. It was so rewarding to see the children listening so intently and hanging on every word we said. They were remarkably well behaved answering and asking questions only when called on. Once the lessons were done we emptied out into the courtyard and interacted with the children. Some took pictures of the children, some skipped rope while others blew bubbles. The smiles on the children's faces were something that can't be put into words. The joy and thankfulness expressed was overwhelming.
The hardest part of the day was leaving the school without all the children coming with us but finally the time had come. We walked home and ate lunch before working the afternoon back on the job-site.
Although we didn't put in many hours at the job-site we could definitely see work being done. The teachers and students as well as the group left the experience knowing that God's work was being done in that place.