school picture day!

I'm going to just post our school pictures for now, because the internet connection on the base has been pretty sketchy the last several weeks. It is taking forEVER for me to upload pictures ... But I have more on the way. I'll try to post them after I get home.

But as I write this, our students are all graduated, goodbyes have been said, and my room is packed up. As my kids kept saying all of last week, "So sad..." And yet, I know God has amazing things in store for these children. Not just for the summer and coming school year, but for the rest of their lives! I look forward to seeing where God takes them, as they allow him to grow and water the seeds that have been planted in their hearts.

Praise God for an amazing school year! It was truly a year of new beginnings, flood and all =)

My students looked so sharp when they walked in on Friday morning, all ready for their school pictures... I couldn't resist taking some of my own shots. This one is in front of the tree we made to hang our fruits of the Spirit on, after we learned about each one.

Their favorite pose - "Peace, man!"

This is where my students would rush every morning, to check on the growth of their little sunflower plants. As you can see, they are doing quite well! I'm hoping they'll be in full bloom come September...

Valens (also goes by Fabrice) Fadael, lookin' cool =)

And my beautiful princess - Christelle Romelus

And my favorite little Haitian boy - Mario Dupiton. His smile just melts my heart...

Enjoying a good laugh, and warming up their smiling muscles for the upcoming pictures =)

Stacy and Christelle - two little girls that have a special bond of friendship (and pain). They both have missing parent figures who have left a big void in their heart...

Lovely ladies in yellow dresses (Abigail - Illioney's daughter, and Lillyana Gephart)



Lilly and Tamarah, waiting for their turn



Deivee LeFevre - one of Lindz's favorite boys =) Who I get to read with twice a week!



Goofy 3rd grade boys - Ethan Paul and Alex Foun



Nori - this little boy has the cutest smile in the whole school...

The Liberty Academy teachers. You can tell it's the end of a long school year ;)



Miss Lindsay's amazing group of 3rd graders - her first and best class ever



Miss Esther and the boys (and Woodeline ;) - the 4th and 5th grade class



Miss Laura's ESL class. Quite the studious bunch...



Or not so studious ;)



Mrs. Rhodes and her preschoolers - they are quite the handful!



Mr. Claudy and his 2nd graders (plus Levi, who is in 1st grade)



And last but not least, Mr. Illioney's class. Our school wouldn't be the same without them...

And here is the whole school - Liberty Academy, 2008-2009