"perks" of teaching sun sch

it's really a joy to teach the younger ones in sunday school! :)
p6 is a class which i have not taught before but i think they have opened up to me pretty well so far~
i am very very very thankful for the relationship built through the lessons:)

i sat in a few classes before actually teaching them for 3 lessons (as of now)..
and every lesson just shouts in my face to give thanks!!
it's definitely not by me that the class went this smoothly.

very briefly..
in the first lesson, we each shared about our family dynamics. it was amazing how everyone shared so openly and i'm especially happy to hear the boys share about how proud they were of their fathers!

in the second lesson, we played an ice breaker game to "force" others to say yes to us. The heart-warming thing is... the class remembered what their friends shared in the previous weeks and used those prior knowledge to get their peers to sayyyy... yeeeessss!! i lost terribly, saying the most yeses eventually. but anyway.. please let me share that when I said 2 of my yeses, they were really emotional ones (most probably like the one when i say i do HAHAHA..)...

jm asked: you like to peel prawns right?
me: yes.
jm asked again: you like to peel prawns for your family during chinese new year right?
me: yes (and I was screaming in my heart YES YES YES!!!)

they remembered each others' sharing and mine too! i feel like an "accomplished" mother as i type this hahaha...

today, at the end of the lesson, i asked the class if there was anything i could pray for them.
xh... he responded by muttering something under his breathe!!
i think it must have taken a lot of him to say that. it was about something that bothered him so so so much a month back.
jm and jy shared something close to their hearts too!
really thankful that they are willing to open up :)

fourth lesson-> i'll be away. think i will miss them for a week. but i know they are in safe and loving hands of Shermin :)

why will i be away? family trip! we haven't planned anything except to book accommodation. crazy schedule recently.. anybody has got tips to share?

seems that Booking.com is more excited than i am.. hahaha..

as a closure for the week that has passed,
i think it has been a good week.
got to meet an old friend and heard that he is well,
got to talk a little bit more to a new friend,
got a brightest smile from a little stranger,
got a surprise letter from a little girl who i do not teach,

she reached the school (with this envelope in her hand) at the same time as me. i felt that she was disappointed seeing me. little did i know that the reason is because this sweet surprise was for me! :')

got another surprise from a little boy who didn't come to school (for many days) the day after,

i was close to being frustrated at the amount of things i had to vet as i sat before the computer. the sweet little boy came to me first to say hi, then came to me a second time with this thoughtful card :)

got to meet up with my mentor (she is really not like my mentee but the opposite!) and had a great chat and 误打误撞 found a nice thai food place...

plus i am enjoying being able to travel to work with someone lovely in 2 out of 5 days of the week..

i think that the busy me is still really blessed and i should continually count my blessings =)

JIA YOU!!