BBQ, and Snakes

So we are slowly getting back on track, school's in full swing, we have a place to live for now... and life is good and rainy. There has been amazingly beautiful mornings, a bit cold and hard to get out of bed, to super hot by mid afternoon and then pouring rain. The rain usually starts right before we are about to head home, and driving on a motorcycle in the rain is not one of my favorite activities, Kristin's either.
Well we had our Wyldlife kickoff party last Thursday night which went great, about 35 kids showed up, most of which were first timers. Wyldlife is kind of like youth group in the states. It consists of 3 parts- club, campaigners, and camp. Club is a lot of fun and games and the kids hear about who Jesus is. Campaigners is for those kids that want to dig in a little deeper into the word. And a big part of Wyldlife is Camp which will be coming up in Febuary.
This week at club we played a couple games, and had a barbeque for the kids it was mostly just a time to meet and greet the kids and a way to hang out and talk. We had a great turn out, and it was exciting to see the kids excited about it. Here are some pics:

Watermelon seed shooting contest

A relay to see which team could dig out all the skittles from the jello first without using their hands

School has been crazy. I've been working with limited supplies, and a ton of classes. Since there are more students this year than ever in the school they had to open a number of new classes. There are now 2 first grades, 2 second grades, 2 fourth grades, and a ton of Prek2-3-4 and Kindergardeners. I teach a total of 16 different classes through out the week so I have had my hands full. Some are more fun than others. Below are pictures of snakes we did in Mrs. DeYoung's 1st grade class working with patterns, some got it, some were out to lunch.

Snake patterns