All my life I have never enjoyed babysitting. Something about having to tell someone else’s child what to or not to do, and afraid I would make a mistake or the child would challenge me and I would not know how to respond.
I LOVE children I will play all day with them: roll in the grass or snow (even dirt probably), dance in the rain....anything to make them laugh! I'm the funnest Auntie!
So I came to Ghana expecting to just love on and play with the children....When I got here they put me with K4, with 4-5year olds....yeah that made sense I LOVE that age!!!! Hmmm after the first day I wondered what they were thinking of, to put me in a class room!!!! After all I'm the funnest auntie, so sitting still and being quiet is like the last thing I'm good at, lol! And that is what I have to tell these 4-5 year olds everyday(to be still and quiet)!
So after 4 and 1/2weeks I'm realizing that God has me in there for a reason, to teach me something; to grow me in some way for His glory. I have found in my life that He always has a reason for putting me in uncomfortable situations. And I don't want to leave here relieved to be done in K4, but I want to praise God for putting me in K4!
Thursday June 9th, I was going to go on a field trip with the older classes. When I was walking from the school to my room, to finish getting ready for the day, the K4&5 children saw me and yelled "Auntie Jamie!!!!" and raced to me! Suddenly I had SO many little arms around me!!! I group hugged them and told them I needed to go back to my room quick, so I went to leave and they followed, I decided then that I was not going to be able to go to my room! So I moved around with all those sweet little people hugging my waist! Even though we don't get much time to play they seem to have gotten the message, that Auntie Jamie IS the funnest auntie, lol!
We left for the field trip only to turn around and come back due to the concerns of parents about the weather conditions. We had only gotten about 30mins away but had been sitting in traffic for about 2hr which is very unusual in that area I've been told.
When we got back the little children were just finishing lunch. When I walked in and they saw me, they ran to me and for the second time that day I was smothered with hugs. I had to steady myself by putting a hand on the wall, lol! Then little 5year old Liam came running over and around me and hugged me from the back and said, "Auntie Jamie I missed you!"
Liam....If I was going to have a favorite in the K4 class it would be Liam! He is the one who gets corrected the most. He is the most energetic, silliest.... He is the one I have taken to the "Office" the most! He is so full of energy and so loves to be cuddled and receive attention! The first times I took him to the office I would carry him cause it was easier and looked better than dragging him and he would beg me to not carry him. We would arrive at the office in a disaster state and as I delivered Liam to the two guys who work in the office, they asked what he has done(so they know what to talk to him about). By the time we have struggled to get there and I've listened to his crying, I myself can't think or communicate clearly, lol! THEN, one day he was crying in class because of being corrected and was being disruptive, so we decided to take him to the office so he would not disturb the other children. As soon as we stepped out of the class the tears stopped and he asked me to carry him. I told him he was going to walk and he did. I realize then that he is now acting up more just to get more attention. He wants to be held, carried, hugged, get a back scratched(like someone else I know), and played with. I'm trying to figure out how to give him attention before he acts up so it is not a reward for bad behavior. All the K4&K5 children live with their families. Liam has twin baby sisters and then he is away from his mommy 40hr a week, so I can understand his desire for attention. He is such a cute bundle of life!
Tuesday I will get to go to market!!!!! I am so excited!!!! I love Ghana and the people here miss them tremendously when I leave.
Prayer request: That I would have a renewed understanding of why God has me here. That I would see this time, I have left, as he sees it. That "I will be a soul on fire" for Him! That I would expect, believe, and see God at work in a POWERFUL way. That the attacks of the enemy would be destroyed; that I will not allow busyness or self to distract me from His plan. That God would remove selfishness far from me. That I would experience God in a new way.
Wish you all could be here and meet all my new friends!!!!
Love Always,
Maame Yaa “Smiley”
Yaa is the Ghana name for a Thursday born woman!!!!
I LOVE children I will play all day with them: roll in the grass or snow (even dirt probably), dance in the rain....anything to make them laugh! I'm the funnest Auntie!
So I came to Ghana expecting to just love on and play with the children....When I got here they put me with K4, with 4-5year olds....yeah that made sense I LOVE that age!!!! Hmmm after the first day I wondered what they were thinking of, to put me in a class room!!!! After all I'm the funnest auntie, so sitting still and being quiet is like the last thing I'm good at, lol! And that is what I have to tell these 4-5 year olds everyday(to be still and quiet)!
So after 4 and 1/2weeks I'm realizing that God has me in there for a reason, to teach me something; to grow me in some way for His glory. I have found in my life that He always has a reason for putting me in uncomfortable situations. And I don't want to leave here relieved to be done in K4, but I want to praise God for putting me in K4!
Thursday June 9th, I was going to go on a field trip with the older classes. When I was walking from the school to my room, to finish getting ready for the day, the K4&5 children saw me and yelled "Auntie Jamie!!!!" and raced to me! Suddenly I had SO many little arms around me!!! I group hugged them and told them I needed to go back to my room quick, so I went to leave and they followed, I decided then that I was not going to be able to go to my room! So I moved around with all those sweet little people hugging my waist! Even though we don't get much time to play they seem to have gotten the message, that Auntie Jamie IS the funnest auntie, lol!
We left for the field trip only to turn around and come back due to the concerns of parents about the weather conditions. We had only gotten about 30mins away but had been sitting in traffic for about 2hr which is very unusual in that area I've been told.
When we got back the little children were just finishing lunch. When I walked in and they saw me, they ran to me and for the second time that day I was smothered with hugs. I had to steady myself by putting a hand on the wall, lol! Then little 5year old Liam came running over and around me and hugged me from the back and said, "Auntie Jamie I missed you!"
Liam....If I was going to have a favorite in the K4 class it would be Liam! He is the one who gets corrected the most. He is the most energetic, silliest.... He is the one I have taken to the "Office" the most! He is so full of energy and so loves to be cuddled and receive attention! The first times I took him to the office I would carry him cause it was easier and looked better than dragging him and he would beg me to not carry him. We would arrive at the office in a disaster state and as I delivered Liam to the two guys who work in the office, they asked what he has done(so they know what to talk to him about). By the time we have struggled to get there and I've listened to his crying, I myself can't think or communicate clearly, lol! THEN, one day he was crying in class because of being corrected and was being disruptive, so we decided to take him to the office so he would not disturb the other children. As soon as we stepped out of the class the tears stopped and he asked me to carry him. I told him he was going to walk and he did. I realize then that he is now acting up more just to get more attention. He wants to be held, carried, hugged, get a back scratched(like someone else I know), and played with. I'm trying to figure out how to give him attention before he acts up so it is not a reward for bad behavior. All the K4&K5 children live with their families. Liam has twin baby sisters and then he is away from his mommy 40hr a week, so I can understand his desire for attention. He is such a cute bundle of life!
Tuesday I will get to go to market!!!!! I am so excited!!!! I love Ghana and the people here miss them tremendously when I leave.
Prayer request: That I would have a renewed understanding of why God has me here. That I would see this time, I have left, as he sees it. That "I will be a soul on fire" for Him! That I would expect, believe, and see God at work in a POWERFUL way. That the attacks of the enemy would be destroyed; that I will not allow busyness or self to distract me from His plan. That God would remove selfishness far from me. That I would experience God in a new way.
Wish you all could be here and meet all my new friends!!!!
Love Always,
Maame Yaa “Smiley”
Yaa is the Ghana name for a Thursday born woman!!!!
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