The children that we are teaching are from the ages of 5 - 12 years old. It's like our own "Little House on the Prairie" school. We learn one alphabet letter per week, a color per month, and a shape per month. We always review numbers up to 20, the months of the year, days of the week, and the seasons. Next week we will start on the letter 'Ch', pronounced che, which comes between 'C' & 'D'.

We hope to not only teach the children academics, but also good manners, good hygiene, and good social skills. We desire to be there for them while their parents are away working long hours in the fields. They only earn about $12 per day per person so many times they will take their children with them because they can also work and earn money for the family. Fortunately, the school attendance is pretty constant. I pray that the parents will see the benefits of allowing their children to get an education. I know it's hard for them to think of the future and not just the here and now. Many of them can only see that their children can bring more income into the household today and they don't think of the fact that an education will enable them to earn more money when they are of age.

I Thank God for this opportunity to serve Him and Mexico in this way.

Please pray for wisdom for Ana and I. Also for patience for me as I still have a hard time with the way many things are here in Mexico.

Kimyco

Hello all.
Here's what I've been up to lately. I had to give up my classroom in the village of El Zorrillo (the skunk) to make room for the new pastors that arrived to pastor the church there. I was very sad to say goodbye to my kids and they were not happy about leaving either.

Now myself and my friend Ana are giving classes three days per week to children in Lomas Bonitas who do not have the necessary papers to register in the public school system. These children are from Oaxaca or their parents are. Spanish is the second language for most of them. Throughout our day in the village we will hear much Mixteco spoken among the children. There are about three children that only understand a little Spanish so we use other students in the class to translate for us. We have started with the basics since these children have never been to school. We are teaching them the alphabet, numbers, colors, shapes, etc...

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