The weekend before Thanksgiving, Lindsay, Rhodes and I were going through some of the school supplies in the storage room behind our old school building. The foot-plus of mud that had been sitting in there for over a month after the flood has finally been removed, but a lot of the supplies that were kept there have been damaged. We were thrilled, however, when we found an entire box of Thanksgiving supplies, that (other than some mold and water damage) were salvageable for use in our classrooms during the coming week! It almost felt like Christmas =) This leather outfit that Mario is showing off was in the box, along with the reed flute he is 'playing.' My students loved seeing all of these items on display on our back table, and it made for the perfect Thanksgiving vocabulary lesson.
Lilly is helping Katia, our cleaning lady, decorate Miss Lindsay's board for Thanksgiving.
She planned a very special day for her students, complete with the Indian headresses and Pilgrim outfits. They came around to all the other classes to introduce themselves and let us experience a little piece of their trip back in time...
Alyssa and Morgan, two Lancaster County girls from the St. Croix YWAM DTS, helped out in Lindsay's classroom for the morning. They had a great time helping the 3rd graders make their hats, eat their food, and play a few rounds of Thanksgiving Bingo. Each student contributed something to the meal, which even included some succotash that Lindsay and I made in the wee hours of the morning (after letting the lima beans soak overnight). I enjoyed trying some of the leftovers after the students went home - at noon ;) I love half-days ...
And this is the 3rd grade Thanksgiving spread: succotash, popcorn, bisuits, chocolate chip cookies (?), a cornmeal muffin, and juice. Pretty starchy, but that is exactly how the Haitians eat most of their meals so it was quite authentic. Lindsay made a point of sharing with her class how special it is that a class of Americans and Haitians could come together for their Thanksgiving meal in 2008, just like the Pilgrims and Indians came together in friendship on that first Thanksgiving so many years ago.
This was definitely something we noticed at our own Thanksgiving feast on Thursday evening. Jan Thompson had set up two tables as part of the decorations, one for displaying the culture and people of the United States and one for the nation of Haiti. It was very special to come together as two nations like this to celebrate the goodness of God, to ALL of his children.
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