A post from my partner, Katie

This is a bit of what’s happening in the life of my partner, Katie.  She teaches school to the kids on the team.  She has 4 elementary kids in 4 different grades!  I’m glad I’m not her!  She does a great job.

Last Friday as the team returned from our first field trip, I was in high spirits and showing off a bit for the kids.  =)  They had found an abandoned soda bottle in the street, with the cap still on and some liquid still sloshing around inside.  Being of sound scientific minds, they were attempting to place it in the street precisely so a car would run over it and “explode” it.  Being an encourager of scientific minds, I decided to help them out.  “You wanna watch it blow up?” I asked.  I pointed the neck of the bottle at the yelling kids, ran towards them, and jumped with all I’ve got.  It didn’t spray pop all over as I thought, but instead rolled like a log, launched me in the air, and landed me on my…pride.  As I attempt to type this with a cast on my right arm and elbow, you can guess how the story ended.  Funny bone, indeed.

Please pray for me as I recover, ask for lots of help doing dorky things like opening the peanut butter and writing on the board, and in general try to teach school one handed.