Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness. Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute, praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with the resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord! Psalm 150
Greetings from Pretoria-
We haven’t been up to too much since I last wrote. Jesse’s grade 00 class had it’s annual sports day. The four different grade 00′s competed against each other in several different races involving balls, sacks, spoons, potatoes, and water. They also had a few tug-of-wars. Jesse’s class won for the boys but came in second for the whole class tug-of-war. He had fun and I had fun watching him.
Abigail was given half-colors for swimming. I still haven’t figured out the whole colors thing or why she was awarded half-colors. One of these days it will all make sense to me. She was also given the award for the most improved swimmer of the year. I am really grateful to her swim coaches who saw fit to give her both awards. I believe that she has done her best this year with swimming. We have also put her in a swimming club. At the moment this just means more hours in the pool with more help/instruction. It also means more taxi driving for me.
The grade 3′s had their annual spring concert. I did not attend as I was busy attending another function. Because of this I am not able to say anything about it. Glenn did go and he took many pictures and video and from what I can gather the production had something to do with our wonderful planet. Here is the link to some video footage on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJSroXCgYSg hopefully that link works. I will check it out to make sure.
Glenn’s students came for dinner. We did an American barbecue and had steak, baked potatoes, and salad. I let Eboro (the student from Nigeria) use my keyboard and everyone sat around singing while we waited for the steak to cook. It was fun and I am glad we did it. The kids were really disappointed because I had made 3 different desserts and not a single one of them was left.
One of Samuel’s friends invited Samuel to a resort for a weekend. It was a birthday present from his parents. That is right. Four young teenage boys were let loose at a resort for three days. They caused mischief and mayhem, had an amazing time and no one got hurt or in trouble. I am thankful Samuel was able to have this time with his friends.
Both Samuel and Abigail are in the middle of exams. Please pray for them. They need to be able to stay focused and remember all they have learned and studied so that they can do well on their end of the year exams.
For now that is all my news. Hopefully the next letter will be a bit more exciting. We have less than 20 days before we head to CA. Yes, I am counting the days. The hours will come later.
In Christ
Susan Fluegge
(Glenn, Samuel, Abigail, Caleb, Jesse, Eliana)
