Two kind of unrelated and very different topics I want to write about :) :
Last Friday, I got invited to go over to one of my students' houses after school. So, I , of course, was kind of lost, but I finally found it, I think, but no one answered. So, I walked home and I got a call. It was my students' mom and so we decided to go somewhere downtown. It was a lot of fun to get to get to know the mom better and fun bonding time with my student. She has a son as well, so in the combi he rode on her lap and Micaela on mine. We went downtown and walked around and had ice cream. On the way back Micaela wanted to do riddles and we just laughed and laughed...it was a blast and I am so thankful for that oppotunity:)
Two of my second graders at recess:)
Yesterday was an interesting day at school. In the morning, just after school had started, I went to the office to make some copies. I was talking to Marisol and we heard this boom and the ground shook a bit. At first I thought it was an earthquake, but the ground didn't continue shaking. So, Marisol and I ran out the office door, and down the stairs there was smoke and Marga and Valeria (Valeria is Marisol's mom and they both cook snack for the kids at the school) ran out of the kitcken and were yelling for Marisol to bring the fire estinguisher. But she didn't really know how to work it or what do do, so we saw Miguel and yelled for him and he came and took care of it. The whole time I was just kind of like, I have no idea what to do, but Miguel told me to go to the top of the stairs and not let anyone down, so I did that. Apparently something occured with the gas tank and the hose came unhooked and was spewing out and there was fire involved. Apparently things were melted, even the pipes to the sink. It smelled terrible of gas and fumes, so we had to get all the kids up to the roof. Then the firemen came and we had to evacuate, so we went down the street to a soccer field where they have gym and waited there for a while. It was fun to hang out with my kiddos. I taught them a hand game and we played duck duck goose. There was also an impromptu soccer tornament. Finally, about 2 hours after this all began, we were able to go back to school and finish out the day. It was a scary experience and I am so thankful Marga and Valeria are unharmed (just some singed hair). God was definitely there in that situation, protecting us and keeping everyone calm.
