Day 238

Another busy Sunday. I taught my last class as Rebekah this morning to the kindergarten and first grade students. Part of the lesson is learning that Esau sold his birthrights for a bowl of soup. And I serve the children a bowl of lentil stew that is very similar to what Esau ate and ask them if it would be worth it to give up birthrights for this bowl of stew. First we need to convince them to try at least one bite. Surprisingly, most asked for seconds after they tasted it. They liked the flat bread, Naan or as Mr. Wide would call it, samoon. I also served almonds and dates. 

 Binny, Mia, Mr. Ron, and Bridget at the front table trying the stew and bread

 This is Evan, who told us he is allergic to stew and Elijah who ate it up and said it would be "worth it"

 Here is Pastor Patty with Grace, Kalli, and Paris

And here is Mr. Ron with Binny, Mia, Mallory and Bridget.

Now, my Rebekah days are behind me, but I look forward to another month of classes and I'll be teaching about Elijah, Ahab, and Jezebel for November, plus I'll be making ravens with the students. How fun! 

We had another afternoon of football and it is slowly wrapping up. Jared had his final game today and they lost 7-6 in overtime. And Jaide's team played an exhibition game today because the other team didn't have enough players (forfeited), but her team let a couple of boys play on the opposing team. Her team won the exhibition game.

For dinner tonight we had:

Meatball Sandwiches with spaghetti

Garlic Bread

Peas & Carrots, Corn

and for dessert:

A Cemetary Cake

I saw the recipe and picture in a magazine and couldn't resist trying to make it myself. It was fun to do. 

I've had lots of people asking about Wade - mainly asking now since the troops are to pull out by the end of the year, will Wade be coming home early. And the answer is maybe. If nothing changes where he is now (meaning he is still at the same job) he will most likely come home by the end of the year. However, he has been looking into another position in a different location (ie. Afghanistan) and if he can find something interesting, he will see about completing his year commitment. That would mean he would be coming home in March 2012. So I don't have a definite answer and my explanation is too long to print on a t-shirt. 

So we'll just have to wait and see when he comes home, right Opie??