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events of the last week or so

so, it's been quite awhile, my friends. here we are, in the middle of april. i can't believe it -- time flies!!
i'm not really sure where to start, so here goes...
at school, we've been preparing for passover (which started last night, and is why i'm not in school right now) and our passover program. our program was tuesday afternoon and the kids did a great job! it was so cute to hear them sing the songs ("there were frogs on his head and frogs in his bed"; "make a matzah, pat pat pat"; "bang bang bang, bang your hammers low"; "let my people go!") and to hear them repeat the story with us as we told it. after they sang, we went back to the room for food! each kid had a sample of what would go on a real seder plate, as well as lots of chocolate). here are some pics:

the seder plate

practicing just before we go on

we've been quite busy on the weekends around here...easter egg hunts, art days at pppcs, cookouts, etc. although, i have to say that my favorite was probably the cookout this past sunday -- lots of kids from the surrounding community, a moon bounce, and a lot of the kids stayed for church afterwards. here are some of my favorite moments:

the moon bounce! the kids had so much fun...and so did i! although there's no picture of it, some of the girls wanted me to go in with them, so i did. it was a great moment :) and they completely wore me out...

and here are some of my new friends. aren't they simply beautiful?





and me with the girls:

this picture has become one of my favorites ever. i know these girls only came for one cookout, but i'm really hoping and praying that they'll come back so i can get to know them even better. the lady we met (who knows all of them and was one of their mothers) is so nice -- i'm hoping we'll be able to get to know her better, also.

if you know me, you know that my heart lies with these kids. i get more joy when i'm with them than when i'm doing just about anything else. i love every opportunity i get to spend with them and get to know them. they're so precious!

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