Well, for today, I talked our chorister into teaching the lesson. I practiced with her during the week. She was very apprehensive about doing it. I told her I would translate into English for the American kids and I would copy the lesson for the Brazilian girl to read along with us.
When she arrived this morning she was a little nervous about teaching for the first time. She is only 22 and just recently active. I assured her it would be just fine. Little did I know what we had in store for us today!
The first primary kids to arrive were 3 kids from Germany. Then our four kids from Italy came, and the girl from Brazil arrives, and then four kids from Norway, then 1 inactive Italian girl arrived late and after her came 7 kids from the USA. So we had 20 kids who spoke 5 different languages. We had 9 different countries represented by the time I got translators in the room. South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, USA, Italy, Germany, and Norwegian and Mexico. What a day in Primary! Poor Greta! For her very first day, it couldn't have been more hectic! The airconditioner didn't work, so it was so hot up on the third floor, in a little class room with so many people in it! We ended up having three groups of kids being taught in 3 different languages for the lesson. We didn't have any Norwegian translators. The American kids came after the lesson was over. They arrived in time for a match game I had prepared for sharing time....that was a good choice....so all the kids could participate even though they didn't speak the same language. Then we played upset the fruit basket, but instead of saying fruit names, we used the kids real names. They all had fun and we felt all unified in the gospel.
When she arrived this morning she was a little nervous about teaching for the first time. She is only 22 and just recently active. I assured her it would be just fine. Little did I know what we had in store for us today!
The first primary kids to arrive were 3 kids from Germany. Then our four kids from Italy came, and the girl from Brazil arrives, and then four kids from Norway, then 1 inactive Italian girl arrived late and after her came 7 kids from the USA. So we had 20 kids who spoke 5 different languages. We had 9 different countries represented by the time I got translators in the room. South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, USA, Italy, Germany, and Norwegian and Mexico. What a day in Primary! Poor Greta! For her very first day, it couldn't have been more hectic! The airconditioner didn't work, so it was so hot up on the third floor, in a little class room with so many people in it! We ended up having three groups of kids being taught in 3 different languages for the lesson. We didn't have any Norwegian translators. The American kids came after the lesson was over. They arrived in time for a match game I had prepared for sharing time....that was a good choice....so all the kids could participate even though they didn't speak the same language. Then we played upset the fruit basket, but instead of saying fruit names, we used the kids real names. They all had fun and we felt all unified in the gospel.
We had about 48 visitors for sacrament meeting! We usually have about 35 total at sacrament meeting but today we had a total of 81 people. More visitors than branch members! It was a remarkable day.
Out of the 6 cars of visitors, four of their cars were broken into this past week as they traveled in Italy. All of their luggage and computers and backpacks with passports were stolen. Two of the cars were in Napoli and two cars were in Rome. So they just had the clothes on their backs. So a word to the wise, when traveling in Italy, do not leave anything in your car. Put it all in a hotel, or hire a guard for your car.
We had a good week. We had a fireside at our home Friday night and had a good group of our favorite English class students come for a religious discussion, then we had pancakes and eggs and fruit and whipped cream. They love that.
We got lots of visits in. We had dinner at an English student's family's house. We met his mom and dad and sister for the first time. His dad is an international volleyball referee. His mom is a district sales manager for something equivalent to Avon. His sister was visiting from England. We had a very nice evening getting to know them. Paul took the elders and sisters to Sorrento on pday to get music boxes. I stayed home and got laundry and shopping done.
The weather sure is hot and humid. I am so thankful for the air conditioner in my bedroom. That is where I am writing this entry from.
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