How many ways can you spell F.U.N.??

 

Hello my dear blogger friends!

  So much has happened since my last post that it's hard to even remember everything that has happened lol.  So let me start at the beginning!! (;

  July 24th I left for the amazing country of Croatia.  Most people in America seem to not even know this place exists.  So let me help you out just a little bit. 

Croatia is.....HERE!!!!



 


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Or literally, on the other side of the world. 

This was my second opportunity to go and this year I was able to stay for four weeks.  I enjoyed it immensely!  Two of those weeks were spent at camp.  One week with the older kids/young adults and the second week with the little peoples (:


One exciting thing that happened this year was the Croatian Bible!! For us Americans, this Bible is to the Croatian people like a KJV is to us. It was such an honor to get to be there when the Bibles arrived and to help unload them!! I was SOOO excited! :D:D

 

The Bibles have arrived!!

 

 

This is me :D:D  I really need to work on my posture, lol!!
BTW...notice the mountains in the back???  They're one of my most favorite things about Croatia.

After the unloading was complete :D

Here are some more pictures from Croatia!

One of the many kinds of (amazing) desserts they make over there...but don't ask me what it was called, because I don't remember lol.

Beautiful, breath-taking church.

Anna, Ivana, & I.  A lot of the young people met this day and played games and made pizza!!

Ivana & I.  She helped us during a visit to town.  Plus a gazillion other things :D  She's quite amazing!!

The castle in Croatia...it's humongous!! 

  

Close-up!



Back view



 

I had such a wonderful time there, and I miss it!!  I can't tell you how many times I think about the people there.  I hope to see them again one day. 


When I came back to America I had a few days to recuperate before I started my job as a Preschool teacher.  Readjusting to a 7 hour time difference is not the easiest thing in the world...and it does take a while, lol.

But since then, I have been teaching my "Duck" class and taking a Graduate class, working towards my Master's Degree.  I can honestly say that I have greatly enjoyed both!!  Oh, and did I mention also being a Sunday School teacher?? :D  I became the Beginner's Sunday School teacher at my church just a few weeks before I left for Croatia. 

My world is full of little peoples, but oh, how I love them.  They make my days!  I'm so glad that God has placed them in my lives and given me the opportunity to care for them and teach them for a little while.

Here are a couple of pictures from my Pre-K class.

There is a soldier who is a friend of one of the fellow teachers.  The teachers family was going to send the soldier a care-package for Thanksgiving, and we got to help!!

Painting the Flag

After the painting...didn't they do a great job?

This is just a random picture.  This is when we did the corn-cob art.  I think one of the kids gave me a high five or something and it made handprints...the picture of the corn cob art is farther down.

handprints on my hand...I thought this was cool, lol :P

Another thing we did for the soldier was to make our own soldiers!!  The kids did a WONDERFUL job on these, and I think they turned out pretty awesome!

Close-up of soldiers

Soldiers

Corn cob art!!  The picture really doesn't do it justice.  It was extremely messy, but oh so fun!

Corn cob art - F.U.N.!!!!!

Our latest creation...A CASTLE.  This past week we learned about the letter K and about kings, etc.  So, we made a castle for our home living center, and they ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!! 

Our castle!! :D

The only way to enter the castle was to crawl through the opening :D  They wanted a window, so I added a box for them to look through. 

Front view

It's amazing what some boxes, spray paint, time, and a little imagination can create :D

  Teaching pre-school has been such an exciting and fun experience, although I must admit that it does wear me out :D  But I still wouldn't trade it. 

  My Grad class is almost over for the semester, and I have learned so much from it.  I won't be taking any more Grad classes for next semester, but I will be taking some online classes...for Graphic Design...AUGH...I can't tell you how excited I am about that!!!!  I hope it goes well, and I hope that I enjoy it as much as I think I will :D:D