Since I am a teacher I have been wanting to visit a school since I have been here. So this morning I found out they had arranged for me to go visit a bilingual school (means that they speak English and Spanish). Erin, Beth and Isaiah also got to go. When we got there we found out they were going to be going to recess soon, which is not where they play games per say but where they get a snack (fried foods) and sit around and talk. So we walked around and talked to some of the students in English and handed out tracks to them. A lot of the younger students really liked them and all of the kids kept coming up and wanting them. The school was really relaxed; we also got to go into some into some of the classrooms.

Erin and I got to go visit an 8th grade class, the teacher let us talk to them and then he asked us to share the gospel with the class. I thought to myself if we could only do this is the U.S.!! So I went on to share with them about Jesus and why he came to the earth to die for us. A lot of the kids raised their hands that they had heard about Jesus before and some of them said that they had accepted Christ before but a few had not. So I went through the sinner’s prayer with them and all of the students said the prayer with me. They didn’t want to raise their hand that they had said the prayer but I told them to tell their teacher if they did. We also left some bibles there in case some of them didn’t have any. Then the teacher asked us to share our testimony with the kids, it was so cool to share with them and they all truly listened.

Afterwards we went to another class that was taught by and American teacher he was from Buffalo NY. He was teaching English and talking about a poem. He also got on the topic of segregation, several of the students had never heard of that before. So he used us as an example of how since we were white we would have to sit outside for class and they could sit inside. They thought the idea of segregation was horrible, to me it was awesome that they didn’t know about this horrible thing. They think that everyone should be together no matter what color their skin is and that is so awesome, because there are so many people back in the U.S. that still have this idea of segregation and that is not good. Anyways I just wish people could have just a taste of the culture and mindset that is here in Honduras there with them in their heart.

We also got to sing a song with a younger class; the kids were so sweet and so excited that we were there. I just loved visiting the school and it would be neat to teach in a different school. This was a really nice private school and they are on an America schedule. The regular Honduras schedule is February through November and some of the schools here are probably not this nice. This experience was truly special to me and I am so glad I got to go to this school.

Stephanie

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