Dear Richard
The week last week was thankfully a bit
quieter than the last while J It was filled
with preparations for the exam today by me, and the students. So I answered
tons of emails and had lots of students in my office… But they finally all
wrote today, so now the marking starts… But they seemed to say that the paper
was fair, and I had one girl especially thanking me for a great year J I really have enjoyed this course, and I’m
excited to make a few changes next year, which I think will make it even more
awesome!
Andrew wrote an exam on Wednesday, and I
must say I’m glad it’s over! Andrew’s not sure how the exam went, though – we’ll
have to wait for the result… But the one day he was studying at home we fetched
the kids together and went to the park as a family, which the kids just Loved! With
the weather warming up we’ve been able to be outdoors quite a bit, although it
is the windy season right now, and it certainly has been Blowing some days!
So much admin last week though around
buying the new car… Arranging all the finance, but we finally got it all signed
off. We’re very low risk, because we have so little debt, so we got fantastic
interest rates and terms on the finance. And today Andrew got the new car!
Pretty exciting J
My prayers for missionary experiences were
answered again last week J I managed to
talk to one of the coaches at the gym about church a bit, and the next day I
gave her one of the Plan of Salvation pamphlets the missionaries give out, with
a couple pass along cards, and I invited her to come to church J And today, and Andrew also got to speak
to the guy who sold us the car about church a bit too, and he’s going to send
him some stuff. The dealership normally gives you a bottle of champagne or
something with the new car to celebrate, but the salesman actually predicted Andrew’s
answer that we don’t drink – said there was something about him… And they got
to talking about the church a bit. So we’re both getting into it now J (Lots of smiley faces here, but it feels
great!)
We had 2 brothers come over to play with
Josh and Hannah on Friday, which was an interesting experience as always. But
it is just amazing to see how Josh has grown up this year! He is so confident
with someone else in his space now, and he really has fun J And to show how grown up he’s getting he
gave his first talk in Primary yesterday! I was SO proud of him! He spoke
softly of course, but he said everything (except for the very last line – but I
think it was all just a bit much by then… He did still end it off properly
though) and he was actually excited in the build up to it. I was a very proud
mommy J And the talk was on how he can be a
missionary, and what missionaries do, and of course he mentioned that “Uncle
Richard is on mission. He’s my uncle.” That was a very important classification
;)
On Saturday we went to Fish Hoek for a
special breakfast (a HUGE breakfast!) to properly celebrate Andrew’s parents 50th
anniversary. Wayne and Louise were down, so almost the whole family was there,
and it was so nice visiting all together J I really hope
that you’ll have as good a relationship with your family-in-law as I do J
So the week ahead has the happy prospect
of marking for me… But at least there won’t be any more student queries J
Love you lots
Shelly
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