Round Up!

In fifth grade math, we're working on rounding numbers.  Anything with five or higher needs to be rounded up!

This morning, as I was driving to work, I was following a car dead set on going 38 mph in a 45 mph zone.  All I could think was "Round up!  Round up!"  

I'm thinking that may mean I tend to drive a bit close to that rounded up 50 mph mark than ever heading down to the 40 mph mark. 

Happy, Happy Birthday!

 

 

Micah needed a picture of herself with a white background, so the other day I was out taking snaps of her.  

This one is my favorite!  Totally useless for the purpose she needed, but so genuine.  So fun.  I love it!

Happy 

22nd 

Birthday, 

Micah!

 

Next Saturday . . .

Micah will be selling baked goods at this Holiday Craft Boutique!  

I'm going as her helper.

 

First Aid in First Aid?

 We were laughing hysterically in First Aid yesterday!  I had a group of ladies who worked together in the child care for CPR for the Professional Rescuer, First Aid and CPR at the Y.

During CPR, one of the students, who is a lead and I've know forever at the Y, got a blister on the palm of her hand from a wrinkle in her glove while doing CPR.  (We all thought it was weird, too!)

The blister, naturally, popped and we actually got to do first aid in First Aid!

A Chat with the Principal

I ran into our principal in the hallway today and I asked him if he knew _____ ______.  He said he did and I told him ______'s dad was Sam's first principal.  (Names are eliminated to protect the innocent!)  My principal then said he had met Sam's first principal when he applied for a fifth grade teaching job at Sam's old school in 1993. 

That got me to thinking and I was pretty sure I knew who had been hired instead of my principal.  A couple of texts later and I had the confirmation I needed.  My principal hadn't been hired, but one of Sam's very favorite co-workers ever had been.  Not sure my principal and Sam would have hit it off anyway.  He likes to golf.   

Thankful Thursday!

 I hate sitting around "doing nothing" at work, either because a teacher or student isn't ready for me yet, or a student is absent, or really, there is just nothing for me to do at that time. Unfortunately, that has been my story with first grade, mostly because of my "available" time frame.  It was more waiting than I wanted.

Thankfully, today, that story changed!  I will now be with second grade from 9:00-10:15 a.m. every day!  Those teachers are excited to have me and have all sorts of plans and ideas on how to use me, and if all else fails, I will be "an extra pair of hands and eyes in the classroom".  I will be busy - thankfully!

I had no idea!

We met Keith Brinkman aboard the Africa Mercy in 2007.  We've gone from being acquaintances to friends to supporters of Keith as he currently serves as Mercy Ships Country Director in Liberia.  I had no idea that lives were still being changed in Liberia through the ministry of Mercy Ships!  Read this excerpt: 

  

KRB Update 2254 Two Verses - Thanksgiving - Training Keith R. Brinkman                                     31 October 2021

Surgeries continue here in Liberia with one of our volunteer surgeons at a partner hospital. As of last Friday, 169 patients (100 women + 69 men) received their healing and all in-hospital costs paid for by Mercy Ships.  They do not need to wait for the ship's arrival but so many others I am meeting are waiting for the hospital on the Mercy Ships to open in early 2023.  Our training with healthcare professionals continue.  We are in the midst of our second Biomedical Technicians training and once finished in two weeks, all of the technicians in Liberia will be trained and equipped to do their important work.  Through our partnership with CURE International, we have welcomed three of their English-speaking biomedical technicians to come and receive this vital training also.  From the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery, "Universal access to safe, affordable surgical and anesthesia care when needed saves lives, prevents disability, and promotes economic growth."  By training these biomedical technicians they can be a vital part of safety in the operating rooms by having the equipment serviced, maintained, and ready for use in the provision of safe care for Liberians.    Prayer Requests:  *Patients recovering from their surgeries and those on schedule to come that they don't miss this opportunity.  We have some upcoming complex mandible surgeries, pray that all would go well and without complications - all of these surgeries are life-changing and for some, they are life-saving   *Health and Safety for me, my team, and the people of Liberia. *Wisdom and discernment and insight as I serve in this nation. Serving together, Kofa Keith