"but you'll be back next year, right?"

The 7th and 8th graders are planning us a going away party for tomorrow. I wish we didn't have to go, but I feel very blessed to be here now and to have had this time here.

The gym class turned dance class was a success! I was nervous because it was a class full of boys, there were three girls, and it was a senior class. I had really no idea what to expect of them when their teacher called them over and I told them they were going to learning a few dances. There were a few groans but I explained that it is very valuable to know how to dance, especially with the prom coming. I had them all come to the floor and was shocked that they did it without me having to repeat myself.

Once on the gym floor, we made to lines and I taught them the steps to the cupid shuffle. Then we did it with music. They were all concentrating so hard, laughing a little and enjoying it in spite of themselves. Afterwards we taught the electric slide and did the cha cha slide. After each dance they sat down immediately on the bleachers as if they were tired. One boy even asked if he could go get a drink of water in the middle of one of the dances, this came from a boy who plays hours of basketball without water breaks.

Later we heard that one of the boys said, "we had to dance in gym class, it was dumb." Jennifer confronted him later in a fun way and he just laughed. We know he was just playing cool and that he really loved it. On the other hand, the 7th graders peeked in on us during the dancing and requested that we dance with them. So we'll have to have another session during the party.

We observed and helped out in the elementary for a little while, we "conferenced" with the kids about what they were reading. The young kids use the raised eyebrow yeses, and lowered eyebrow no's even more than the older kids. Again, I am so glad I know what that means!

We also went into the wood shop class, the students are making coffee tables. Many of the coffee tables have names carved into them like Bruce Lee and LeBron James. Why not carve famous idols names into coffee tables?


The title quote is what one of the 8th graders said to me, unfortunately chances are I'll never come back to this village. Which is too bad, I've come to love the kids so much.