A Tale of Two Writers

It was the best of stories. It was the worst of stories. It was athoughtful, well-plotted tale. It was a "fly by the seat of your pants"short story to finish as quickly as possible. I speak, of course, of two of my students. The assignment was the same: write a short story utilizing about half of this week's spelling words. Jillian wrote a page and half about two families who are evangelists, traveling through many states sharing the gospel. Her last sentence reads,"It was busy, but they didn't mind because all of it was for God and God provides."

Third grader Anna Mei took a different approach. There were just too many words to be contained in one story, so she wrote a collection of four shorter works, each about a paragraph or slightly longer. The conclusion of her anthology is this offering. It is entitled, "Alert."

"Today after school, I am going to write a song called "Alert." I'll sing it right now. "Alert. Alert. I love the sound of Alert, ert, ert, ert. Alert, ert, ert......." I love that. I hope it turns out okay."

I will leave it to you to guess the spelling word in use there. If you are "alert," I'm sure you will figure it out.

On another note, we have a special blessing. We met a lovely lady from Australia who is here for a short time to teach English at the university. Her time is almost concluded, but in the few weeks she has left, she wants to do something to help the children we work with, as well as our girls. She is a teacher of art and music. So, for the next couple of weeks, she will come and do an art class with our girls two afternoons per week. It should be very interesting and fun for them!Kerry (the teacher) will also be helping us develop materials to use with the children we serve. It will be great to have some special art projects to share with them.

The Lord is good! Grace and peace!