Today was Open House at school and I can not even begin to put into words how awesome of an experience it was! Even though I went into it with the nervous jitters, everything about today made me fall more in love with my school, my job, and my life! What a blessing and joy it is to work in a Christ-centered school...and a unique privilege to be apart of ECA's multi-cultural and bilingual community! My students' parents brought me to tears as they prayed together for me and my class (in Spanish, French, Korean, Dutch, and English)! It was awesome having a parent present for every child, and in many cases two...and unlike the states, both moms and dads attended (possibly even more dads than moms)! All the parents were so welcoming and encouraging....warm Colombian greetings and hugs (one or two when entering the room another one or two when leaving) and kind words from every parent (each made a point to share a few words with me)...invitations from families to go along to church, visit their homes, watch their son/daughter's musical performances or attend their sporting events, tour the city together, take a day trip together, or come eat at their family's restaurant! I love how ECA mixes and balances professionalism and quality education with strong family-like teacher-student-parent relationships!
How great is our God!
That's awesome Sophie, it is a blessing to know how blessed we are. I hope you take many of the parents up on their offers!
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