Hello friends!

So I have already posted a quick prayer request on Facebook, but I wanted to flesh it out on here for the whole week.

Classes

Please pray that my classes go well today (first day of classes!). My schedule isn’t especially heavy, but I’m a bit nervous about the flow of my kindergarten class. I have a lot of prep to do over lunch, but thankfully I do have four hours between classes to work on it.

As an extension, please pray that all my classes go well this week, especially Thursday. I have four classes on Thursday (my only 4-class day) with a 30-minute turnover time between my other kindergarten class and my 4th grade class. Not ideal. Please pray that I manage my time well and am properly prepared for both classes beforehand.

Finally, please, please, PLEASE pray for both of my kindergarten classes. I know I’ve mentioned them a lot, but they are my only full classes (7 students each) and more than half of each class are church kids. This means that they already know me, know I speak Japanese, and are ridiculously hyper around me. I told two of them my name the other day and they wouldn’t stop screaming it around church while dragging me around. Apparently my name is fun to say for children. -shrugs-

I am very glad that they like me, but I do worry about being able to maintain order in my classes. Some other students already know me from my class observation and are extremely hyper around me, as well. Please pray that these little ones have ears to listen and respect towards my authority as the teacher in the classroom. And please pray that I may have unending amounts of patience towards them and maintain my own cool while teaching.

Sore Throat

On a different note, my throat has been wrecked the last few days, and my speaking ability has been noticeably affected. I had a wet cough yesterday and coughed all through the night. It’s also been a bit painful. I got some junk out of my lungs this morning (which is great!) but I still have some healing to do. I’m worried about being able to speak well during classes today, and quite possibly tomorrow.

Praise God that I don’t feel sick in any other sense–it’s literally just my throat. I’m not sure if it’s from allergies or from an actual cold, but in any case, it’s a problem.

Please pray that my classes are not affected (or at least minimally so) by my voice today and that my throat can heal quickly.

I appreciate all of your prayers. I pray that you all had a great start to your week and that it continues to go well. And that no one gets sick! It sucks.

God bless.