Student Teaching Week 2

Week 2 of student teaching went very well and I am ever so surely getting into the swing of things here in Dubuque, Iowa!

Monday was Martin Luther King day so there was no school.

On Tuesday I had a student come up to me and share with me something really special. He told me that his 94 year old great grandmother had died and he missed her very much. It is good to be able to be a part of these kids' lives and I am so thankful that the Lord has placed me right here in Dubuque where there is so many needs. Tuesday was one of the highlights of my week because I was able to start tutoring one of the students in my class. From now on I will be tutoring a 3rd grade girl in reading for 30 minute sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Praise the Lord! I gave her a Reading Attitude Survey and then tested her on some word lists as well as a 1st grade narrative text. Finally we were able to look over a book called The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant. Each week I plan to introduce quality literature and some fun reads along with our reading work. I'm excited to see what the Lord will do!

The rest of the week flew by quickly and I taught a lesson on the topic of Heaven at Friday Nighters which is the downtown kids ministry that I have been involved with for the last 3 years. The Lord had His hand on the evening and I was so thankful for what He did that night.

Some fun things from this last week:

1. I played racquetball with Dale Twesten, whose house I am staying at
2. I played cards with some good friends as well as had milk and cookies
3. I spent time with my sister-in-laws parents, ate dinner with them, and watched a documentary on Israel
4. I was able to spent lots of time in God's word