Today one of the cutest things happened to me while I was
out on my run. Its usually hotter than hot when I run and about five minutes
into my run I have already have sweat dripping down from me. Dana always goes
on a run too and we usually go around the same time. I see Dana running and
just laughing and I was like what are you looking at and she points behind her.
Sure enough a little trail of Samoan kids are running behind her. These sweet
little kids have sweat just dripping from them. Soon enough I had my little
trail of kids behind me. I love having them run with me but they also motivate
me because sometimes they can run faster than me.
I got home from my run and some of my students were yelling
my name. They were all crowded around my house. I had like 15 kids outside my
house. The sweet kids brought us free papaya. I had told them I really wanted
some and they brought the girls and I some papaya. The fruit was so good and it
was so cute. For the rest of the night we had little faces peeking in our
windows.
One of the teachers invited us to come play volleyball at
the local church. We decided to head out and see them play volleyball. We
headed to the courts and started playing. I am not even kidding like the half
the village comes out and plays volleyball. The little kids sit on the
sidelines and cheer for everyone. All the older kids play volleyball. They play
music on the speakers and everyone is singing and dancing. My students were at
the game just watching from the sides and the next day at school I heard all
about it. One of them asked if I was in the Olympics. Another goes teacher you
can block I can’t believe it.
Our first week of school is coming to close. I am glad to
say that the first week is over but it flew by. I have a feeling this whole
year is going to go by so fast. I have a feeling the kids are not going to like
me so much next week. Next week we are actually diving into work and starting
to do important things in class. One thing I have really noticed about these
kids is they love music and dancing. They are always singing in dancing
throughout the school day. It keeps my day very entertaining but they keep
asking me to join them. I have a feeling they would all just laugh at me.
With Love,
Abby
A Samoan Rainfall
Today we were all excited because we had intentions of
heading to the main island and getting wifi, hot showers, and to see friends!
Our big plans for our big weekend soon came to an end. We went outside and it
was windy and the waves were huge. We saw that all the boats were still
anchored which meant the boat was not running. We were a little bummed out so
we all watched a movie to feel a little better. While watching a movie we heard
a knock on the door. I went to the door and our cook was they’re holding a
papaya. We got another fresh one! I was so excited to have one.
We decided to go on hike for a little bit and explore part
of the island that we had never seen yet. By some miracle we did not have the
little kids following us. We found a little beach and sat and watched the waves
roll in for while. We headed back toward our house when our little group of
kids spotted us. We followed them and they were showing us how to skip rocks on
the ocean. It was fun just watching them play and enjoy being around us.
We went inside made some dinner and relaxed for a while.
After a little bit Virginia and I headed to our secretary’s house to get some
wifi. I wanted to face time Lexi since I knew that she was having her birthday
party today! This also meant I would get a chance to see most of my family. I
also got a chance to face time some coworkers from this summer. I didn’t
realize how much I had missed everyone until I got the chance to talk to them
all. It was so nice just chatting and laughing with everyone. It makes me so
excited for the chance when I get to see everyone in person again!
After spending the afternoon talking to friends and family I
decided to go outside and explore again. The second we walked outside the kids
spotted us and were waving from the rocks next to the ocean. For once we were
curious as to what they were doing. So we walked out and found what they were
looking at. There were two guys out scuba diving and the kids were just
watching them. The kids soon jumped in the water. I seriously just love
watching the kids play in the water. They are giggling and having the time of
their life. They also give us heart attacks because they have no fear and do
some crazy things. As we were watching we got soaked by the rain. The kids hid
under rocks but we were too tall and just got soaked. We watched the scuba
divers come in and saw that they had something. We went over to talk to them
and they had a sea clam. I had never seen one before but it looked so cool. The
kids surrounded us as we watched him cut the sea clam open. The kids were
huddled so close to us because it started raining and they were all cold from
the rain in the wind. The guy who was cutting up the sea clam gave us some of
the meat and it was really good. He was talking about all the cool things to do
on the island and told us we should go with him. We also found out he has
Kayaks, and surfboards that we can use! Score! We are finally meeting the
people and getting to try so many cool things.
We decided to head home for the night. After saying goodbye
to all the kids we went home and changed into some dry clothes. As we started
preparing supper two girls came over. They had heard that we liked papaya and
brought us one. These people are so giving here and I love it. I love that I have
a fridge full of fresh fruit because they know that we like it. I am really
starting to fall in love with this island and all the sweet people that live on
it.
With Love,
Abby
Get creative and figure out a way to incorporate their singing in dancing into your learning. One suggestion: Give them a topic/subject and have them create a song to teach the younger children-for example parts of speech. Just an idea.
ReplyDeleteI like that idea a lot! Keep coming with the ideas. I am trying to be as creative as I can with the limited resources that I have. Some days it can be a little tricky!
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