Saturday, July 18, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Opening Ceremonies
Opening ceremonies were on Thursday morning. We sang the national hymn, had a minute of silence for our employee who passed away two weeks ago, sang Happy Birthday to the School (and the boys rang the bell 55 times during this same time to celebrate our 55 years), and finally Travis had the opening kick to kick off the day. GREAT DAY!
Scripture Memorization
The boys were given 5 days to memorize as much scripture as they could from Genesis 39 - 41. There were 103 total verses split how they wanted between 5 members on a team. Each team memorized the same verses to battle it out for a win.
Day of School Drama Contest
The boys are great at inventing dramas and acting them out. They can be so funny!
Day of School Drawing Contest
Each team picks two small boys and two big boys to be the team drawers. They then compete to see who can draw the El Sembrador church better.
El Sembrador 55 Years
We're celebrating the 55th anniversary of El Sembrador. We call this Days of the School because we have 2 1/2 days full of fun events for the boys. We split the boys into 4 teams (blue, red, green, & yellow). It is always a battle to see which team will win. Different staff members are captains. I was the captain of the yellow team this year. It is fun being a team "coach" and encouraging the boys along. Look at all our fun events!
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
My Beautiful Girls
Aren't these just the prettiest girls you've ever seen? I must be the luckiest mom in the world. I have two really great kids! Anna gives me a million hugs a day just to tell me how much she loves me. Ally talks to me all day just to remind me how many questions she can squeeze into a day.
Andy & Yuny
These beautiful gals help me run the hotel. Yuny (pictured left) takes care of all the cleaning. Andy (pictured right) takes care of the cooking. I take care of the scheduling and work closely with both of them for event planning and much more. I love working with these two. We get along great and have become good friends as well.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Soccer Tournament for II Bach (Senior Class)
I'm (Lori) the "maestra de guia" (otherwise what would be the guidance counselor for the Senior class this year. They are going on a class trip the first weekend of September (well, I guess that means we're going too). We're taking them to the North Coast to stay at a hotel there, take them to the mall (a first for many of them), going to a natural waterfall, ziplining, hiking, and much more. We will do all this in a little over three days. How will we fit it all in? The boys are raising funds to do all this. We're holding soccer tournaments for area schools here at El Sembrador and having food sales during the tournaments. The boys are helping make all the food and then sell it. They're doing a great job so far. I'm so proud of them and their hard work. Once these boys have a goal, there is no stopping them!
Monday, May 11, 2009
Agricultural Mechanics Class
Travis wanted to do something special for the Agricultural Mechanics teach and his class for all the extra hours they put into fixing broken down equipment. They even worked during many of their break times and after hours. We're happy to have our new mechanic here. He and the boys keep our equipment running smoothly. The boys seem to be learning so much with him as their teacher and really respect him for both his hard work ethic and Christian character. We're thankful for our good employees.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Mother's Day
Mother's Day is always special at El Sembrador. I love to be "mom" to all these boys on campus. We had a great turn out of Mom's and families this year. We had a great service in the church and the boys were able to give each of their Mother's a gift. A great drama was presented with King Soloman deciding which was the true mother of the baby. We had a meal following with 200+ people for a chicken & rice meal. GREAT MOTHER'S DAY here!
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