Friday, February 19, 2010

Sports Day

On Tuesday, the school had Sports Day. When I was in Junior High & Senior High in the Spring we always had what they called Field Day. This is pretty much the same thing only earlier in the year before the hot weather comes here. It was a perfect day! The temps were only in the 70's and it was cloudy. Otherwise the tropical sun almost bakes you. So, that was good for the kids because they weren't burning up and sweating!! You will notice that the kids are divided up into four teams and wear different color tee shirts. Here they were trying to organize the kids into their teams.
I tried to take pictures of all the teachers.
Left Mrs. Melendez - kindergarten teacher and is having a baby at the end of May or early June and Mrs. Profitt who teaches Junior High.
Mrs. Walker on the left who works in the younger Learning Center (lower elementary grades) and Mrs. Wilson who works in the older Learning Center (higher elementary grades).
This is Mr. Cox who is the IT guy! He is fabulous with all the modern technology!! He videoed a lot of the different activities of the day. He also does all the sound, videoing, etc. for Church!
Mr. Melendez who currently is the Principal
Mr. Profitt who works in the older Learning Center and organized most of the events of the day. I love his hat :o) But he sure didn't need it to keep the sun out of his eyes!
My good friend, Betty, who trained me in the office for two weeks and helped whenever I needed her talking to her son Jerry who is a High School teacher.
Our good friends, Fernando aka Mark and his wife Rayna. They are the one's who took us out to the super nice dinner last Friday night at the Prime Restaurant.
Mrs. Furbur who is the Reading Center teacher (a preschool program). Her husband does maintenance and also helps in the Junior High department. They are leaving at Easter to go back to the States. We will really miss them as they are a big help here at the school!!
Mr. Profitt again
I took this picture for you to see that some people here actually thought it was cold as the lady in the black has a jacket on.
My friend, Debbie, clapping because her son won a relay race.
This is the teacher's apartment building. There are other apartments, too, but this is the big building!
The little kids were playing kick ball. I love the expression on this little guys face ~ tongue stuck out and all :o)) Sorry for the blurriness but there was action going on here! haha!
More of the little kids playing kick ball. They were so cute and most of the time had no idea what to do when they caught the ball.
Mrs. Goldstein helps in the Learning Center. She is a very, very sweet lady!!
Someone brought Dennis a hot dog while he was trying to announce one of the games!
Even the Iguana's were taking in all the sites from atop the palm tree.
Miss Blake is the main teacher in the older Learning Center.
My friend, Betty, on the right with next years Principal, Miss GrantDennis had called the children around him for special prayer for a family who's four year old son was shot and killed the night before by gangster's. It was very touching while he was praying!!
Miss Samms on the left is the main teacher in the younger Learning Center.
Some of the parents that were here lined up watching their kids. The parents came to support their children and to cheer them on. It was really neat!!
Getting ready to play one on one basketball
Two of the teams getting ready to play tug~of~war
Miss Maisey on the far left is the school cook. She does an amazing job!!
Our good friend, John, getting in on some of the last activities before he goes back to the States
More tug~of~war
and one last time!!
The little girls doing a relay race
and the little boys!
The high school girls doing a relay race
and the high school guys
Then last but not least for some reason someone had the father's who wanted to race!
These two ladies were some of the ones in charge of the refreshments. Teresa on the left is a high school teacher with her husband Jerry. The lady on the right is Janet and comes to our Church.
And this my friends, is what happens at the end of Sports Day when you sit down!!!
Can't wait until next year!!

Science Projects

Earth's Elements Homemade Soaps
I thought this was cute with penquins and iguana's on the farm :o)
Another farm
Prehistoric ages with dinosaur's
Bean art, etc.
I thought the kids did really well!!

A Pot of Good Hot Soup

During the winter time is when I want a pot of good hot soup brewing on my stove! Like when the snow is flying or it's bitter cold. I was feeling so sorry for my northern family and friends. I decided to make a pot of homemade broccoli soup in honor of you all who are cold and tired of all the snow!! I think of you all very often!

Sunday Was Another Special Day

This past Sunday was another very special day for us and our Church! We had our first baptism since we came to Cayman. After the morning service a lot of the congregation went down to the Sea. This was the first that Dennis & I have gone there. This particular beach is less than a 1/2 mile from our house!! Trying to decide where to exactly do the baptizing
Again, the pictures just don't show the true beauty of the water but hopefully you can get an idea!
Some of the people starting to gather on the shore.
Praying before they started
Some of our wonderful "new" friends
Rev. Case exhorting to the baptismal candidates
Bro. Vernal and Sis. Violet
This was a little bit funny but also frightening. Dennis was walking out in the water when the bottom just dropped off and he lost his balance. He almost when down. He said at one point his feet weren't even touching the bottom!! You can see the smile on our friend John's face!! Dennis' feet were all cut up from the corral on the bottom of the Sea. It was pretty rough right there.
Unfortunately, I missed when they baptized Violet but did get Vernal.
Under he went! Dennis said to this man, "Let's hurry up and get this done, so we can get out of here :o)" The water was pretty rough although it doesn't look like it! The undertow from when the tides went back out were what was so bad.
Coming back on dry ground.
The gentleman with glasses is our Assistant Pastor and also Church Treasurer.
Below is mostly Vernal's family
I went down closer to the Sea to get this picture.
A dismissal prayer
What a beautiful view. The city across the Sea is Georgetown.
There were three little kids swimming during the baptismal service. They were having a blast!
Three ships way out there
Our wonderful friends, John and Betty!!!
What a great day it was!!