Another week has come and gone here in Jackson. The weather has been heating up and the humidity makes it feel even warmer. Yesterday I was sitting outside checking kids in as they arrived for camp at 7:30am, by 8:30 i felt like i needed a shower. This week Emily and i were in charge of leading morning chapel with the kids. I pulled out the guitar and taught the kids a few new tunes that they seemed to like.
Every week on Friday we take a field trip. Last week we visited the civil war battlefield at Vicksburg which was really interesting for me but the kids didn't seem to take interest except when we watched a live reenactment of a cannon being loaded and fired. Yesterday our field trip was to the zoo which is actually located about 2 miles away in our neighborhood. We had a blast watching monkey's swing and tigers roar but the highlight for the kids was when we came upon a urinating elephant. At one point near the end our class was forced into a small bathroom because an animal had gotten loose in the area we were in. After it was over the zoo workers told us that they pulled us aside not because of the danger of the animal but because they didn't want our kids to be shot with a tranquilizer dart.
We celebrated Emily's 24th birthday on Wednesday. Cathy, one of our students, brought in a cake with "Happy Birthday Mrs. Emily" written on it. It was very sweet of her.
John Perkins has been home for the last 2 weeks and we've been enjoying getting some time with him. We offered to pick him up from the airport last week and had a good talk with him on our drive home. He is currently in Illinois at a music festival called Cornerstone where he will speak to a crowd of 20,000 people.
Last weekend we were given tickets to see one of the two local minor league baseball teams play. It was fun to go out to the park and enjoy some summer ball even though the team doesn't seem to be very good. They got beat both nights.
Overall things are going well here. We are enjoying the kids at the camp more and more as we get to know them.
thanks to all who check this blog and are interested in what were up to. If you have any questions or comments please email us. johnny.bertram@gmail.com
shalom
Johnny
1 comment:
I love that you guys are taking kids on field trips. They will look back on that later in their lives and really appreciate it even though it seems like they don't now. In the meantime, just give them a good paddeling on the butt when they act up. Just kidding!
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