2/24

Oo De Lally, Oo De Lally…

…golly, what a day! What a life-filled, beautiful day! Today was unique in many ways, but oh so full! Our 2nd grade friends joined us for the day, which worked out well since today was Career Day! After a few announcements, Mrs. Denny led the students in introducing their Career Day cotumes. Then, we introduced Mrs. Perez who came to share about her career as a Nurse Practitioner. What a treat! The students learned all about what a Nurse Practitioner does and what it takes to become one. They got to see and test an odoscope and stethoscope as well as see a human body model. She shared about the difference between a Nurse, Doctor, and Nuse Practitioner and how all can be used to serve people as a ministry. I passed out a “Career Day” notes page (they have it in their Science notes section) and we prepared it by filling in the presenters for the day. I passed out a “Career Day” notes page (they have it in their Science notes section) and we prepared it by filling in the presenters for the day.

Next, I introduced Miss Chelsea who is from South Africa. She covered all sorts of wonderful first-hand information about her home country complete with a beautiful accent. This included cultural differences, food, animals, climate, languages, religions and more!

Just after the rally, we read a wonderful book called “Emmanuel’s Dream,” which retells the true story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah who grew up in Ghana. He was born with a deformed leg and, through hardship, went on to accomplish incredible feats. Then, we began our Career Day reflection and illustration.

Dennis Larkin came to share about being both a Pastor and Missionary to Nigeria along with his friend Neel Woods. He showed us where Nigeria is on the world map, spoke about his experiences there and in true missionary fashion demonstrated how he uses an evangelism cube to help share the gospel. He even prayed a salvation prayer with the students. If your student’s heart heard this for the first time today and they want to talk more about it, please feel free to send me a note. I would love to celebrate with them and help build some connections.

We joined Mrs. Barker’s first grade class to hear from our local police sergeant. He answered our many questions about bad guys and then took us out to see his police car!

Krisandra Praytor, a local wedding photographer, was our final presenter today. She showed the students examples of her photography and covered the skills and experience needed for the job. The students were able to see her camera and flash as she talked them through how light affects images and encouraged them to try their hand at photography at home. She gracefully answered many questions from the students including “do you make money?”, “is it hard?”, “how far have you travelled?”, and many more.