 Teacher,
@ 2 yrs old?
Who’d ever think that a 2 year old
would be our best advertisement for the school?
Yet sure enough, our son PJ has so
mastered the skills taught in our kinderschool that he is teaching those
who are his seniors.
While one five year old was taking
the oral portion of his entrance placement exam, he was asked, “And what
letter is this?” To which he replied, with PJ looking on inquisitively,
“Umm, D!” To which the instructor responded, “I’m sorry, could you
try again?”
By this time PJ could control
himself no longer and blurted out, “No, Peacher Joy, it a A! No D, but
A!” The mother looked on with her jaw dropping, and immediately finished
the remaining enrollment papers, stating, “If my son could learn like
that, this is where he’s got to be!”
Whenever parents ask if we have
computer classes, we call PJ over, and he climbs up in the swivel chair,
places his hand on the mouse, and starts the matching and coloring
exercises on the computer, gliding from one program to another with
keyboard and mouse.
I don’t know, should we place PJ
on payroll with the rest of the staff? He sure is a great account
executive!
Foundation/Delivery
Day
There will be a triple celebration
this November, as the school faculty decided to move Foundation Day from
October to November (my birthday). They figured that it makes sense to
celebrate on the school’s first president’s birthday.
I balked at the idea, but then
figured it makes sense, especially this year, as we’ll be able to also
celebrate the birth of our second child, due that month…A millennium
baby!
Little
Preachers
While some relatives in Sultan
Kudarat (Philippines) have their suitcases packed ready in case the
Muslims attack, we here in Davao are even fighting the battle with
children.
Here, the war is a spiritual one,
fighting with the Bible as our sword. While visiting the home of one of
our sponsored pupils (Joy Resnera), a Bible study of nearly a dozen
children was singing Christian songs.
Coming nearer, we saw that our
little 5-yr old sponsorship recipient was teaching her neighborhood
playmates songs about Jesus!
Royal,
Loyal, Lawyer!
During a role play in my TESL
(Teaching English as a Second Language) class, we made believe we were at
McDonalds Restaurant. I was cashier, and asked the student what her order
would be. After ordering, she said she’d like a lawyer to drink.
“Huh? How do you drink a lawyer?”
She clarified, “Orange soda. You know, Lawyer True Orange!” L’s and
R’s are difficult to differentiate on some Oriental tongues, and “Royal”
became the loyal “Lawyer”!
Speaking of lawyers, Elvie and I
went to our school’s Christian lawyer with the landlord/owner of the
school’s administrative building. We were to work out the details of a
Conditional Deed of Sale on the property, to be paid directly to her over
a 3 year term.
After agreeing to drop the price
20%, the owner started having second thoughts. To which the lawyer
responded, “Don’t you realize that this couple has an outreach to poor
Filipino families in Davao City? When you give a better price on the
building, you are actually giving to the poor.
“And the book of Proverbs states
that when you give to the poor, you are lending to God! God states that he
will bless you to the third and fourth generations. So in essence, when
you are assisting in this ministry, you are investing with returns on your
money for the next 200 years! This will benefit your children and your
children’s children!”
Elvie was nearly in tears when she
stopped to think of the intensity of the spiritual upliftment which this
ministry brings to so many lives!
“I have no greater joy than to
hear that my children are walking in the truth.” – 3 Jn 4
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