We started school last wednesday and it is looking like it will be a great year. I am the assistant in the 3rd grade and 6th-9th grade English classes. We work with the ACE (Accelerated Christian Education) Program where the kids work at their own pace through booklets. The supervisor in the classroom helps with academic questions and the assistant answers all other questions. I also will start teaching my own English class in the afternoon starting next week. I have the elementary 6 class which is 6th-8th grade intermediate/advanced students. In that class I have 11 students and we will be focusing mainly on conversational English. During the morning English classes they learn a lot of reading and grammar. I have also been asked if I would like to help coach the school's baseball team. I don't know exactly when the season starts but that is a possibility that I am considering.
There are many other opportunities that have come up. I am looking to start a youth ministry with a friend within the next few weeks. We are planning a Bible study with the students at the school and hopefully have it grow over the months. He started something similar here a few years back and when it ended he had about 150 students show up each week. There are a few teams that are planning to come down and work with Mitch and Debbie doing evangelism and construction. One team gets here tomorrow and I think there are at least four more teams coming before Christmas. When I am not at the school I try to help out with those teams as much as possible. There is also the possibility of me preaching at the English church in Santiago. There is so much that I can inform you all of, but I don't want to make this too long.
There are a few needs that have come up within the last few days. I wanted to let you know so that you could keep them in your prayers and help in whatever way possible. Today we went to see some land where a pastor in town is planning on building a school. He had a school for Haitian kids but had to close it because of a bad location. Haitian kids don't go to the public schools because most of them don't know Spanish and they will be made fun of. This pastor is looking to build an open-air building so that the kids will have a place to go to school. He needs $2,000 to build the roof and area for the school. Over $1,000 has already been raised. Right now the school will have dirt floor. He needs $260 to pour a concrete foundation. There are also students attending my school but are too poor to pay tuition. There are scholarship opportunities as well as sponsors in the states for students like these. However, there are still some students that are not able to afford a uniform or books. There is also a church that needs construction needs or teams to come work on it. I ask that you would keep these needs in your prayers.
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