Treasure

Today was the best Friday of the year! I went to school early to hide the clues for my kids scavenger hunt and prepare for worship. After I gave worships in staff meeting, I started getting ready for class. Our day started off with Bible workbook, which is so easy and everyone was quiet! Then we did only 8 math problems which most kids understood. After we did English, which was writing paragraphs so most kids were annoyed, but it used up a lot of time and they all did pretty good after the initial grumbling. Then we went to recess and I hid the rest of the clues for the scavenger hunt. Afterwards they were anxious to go, but I made them clean the whole classroom, that means desks (inside and out), the floors, and all the games and puzzles in the back. Then, I gave them the first clue of their treasure hunt. It brought them upstairs to Miss Joy's classroom where she gave them another clue. Then to Miss Tami's room, the library, the flagpole, the music room, Mr. Ben, and Miss Dina. Finally, Miss Dina gave them a clue that led them back to me. When they got back to me, I gave them a puzzle to solve that said "Go ask Mr. Austin". They all rushed to his room and tackled him, waiting for their treasure. Once they were all quietly seated at their desks, I opened up the bag and gave them all brownies! I even had some left over for Austins kids too. I would have had more, but last night Tami, Jeanine, and I had to eat the ones that were falling apart...hard life :]. My kids were so hyper and happy and it was fun to watch them work together to find the clues. We ended the day with story time and then I send them home. My Palauan family invited me to lunch at the Taj, which was delicious! We went through the buffet and it was really fun to talk to them about Palau. Uchel (pronounced U-el. Did you know the ch sound is silent in Palauan?) owns a travel agency so he helped me find out touristy things to do with my dad and mom when they come here! Then we went to the office and I talked to an agent about planning spring break and getting a few countries in on the way home in May. It was lots of fun and I got to talk to the whole family and meet his brother which was nice. Then I headed back to the apartment. When I got back, no one was there, so I decided to skype my best friend Njeri. Four hours later, it was a weight off my shoulders having much needed conversation. It is so much fun to hear about what is going on back home and let people know all my adventures here!