During my final day in Mme Ryan's 4th grade class, she introduced the students to encyclopedias. She passed out one volume to each student. The first task she gave the kids was to look through their volume and find a historical person. The students found Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Edison. Next, Mme Ryan asked the kids to find a place. Right away, someone found Chicago. They then looked for an animal...Muskrat and Lion where discussed. As the students where searching through their volumes, several students realized that their where pictures of naked people in their books. Soon the class was laughing and each of the kids was on a mission to find ART in their books.
I really enjoyed spending time with Mme Ryan. This is her first year as a teacher and 4th graders can be quite a handful. At the beginning of the week I wondered why she would choose to do this job. Shortly after moving to Haiti, her and her husband found out that she will be having her first baby in February. On this final day in the classroom, I could see the love she had for these children and I could clearly see that they love her so much already. I have prayed for her and her husband many times since I have been home. I am in awe of their decision to move to Haiti and take on the role of teacher, mentor, missionary, messenger and example of Jesus for the amazing kids they spend every day with. God has a plan for them and they are obediently following.
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| M'yse and Mme Ryan |
I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your rules before me. Psalm 119:30
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