Love is in the air

Why are they all standing on one leg? I have no idea but it
 makes them even more lovable! 

        I have a confession to make that sounds a little creepy, but I promise you it is not... sometimes at night I just sit at my computer and look at pictures of my students. I don't even have that many pictures, but I just love looking at them!  I sit there thinking how much I love them and my heart feels like it wants to burst at the seams with emotion.  Maybe it's because it was Valentine's Day and love is in the air, but I doubt that is the reason I feel this way.  I can't believe sometimes that God called me to this life.  What did I do to deserve this? Nothing, God just loves me that much! Wow, I am so grateful for that.
Friday is one of my favorite parts of the week.  We don't have classes on Fridays but instead we meet as teachers. I know you are thinking how can Friday be one of my favorite parts when I don't see my students and I was just gushing over them.  But what I love about Fridays is that we get a chance as teachers to talk about the week and then spend time in prayer for our students' lives in school, at the Ed Center, and at home.  We also get to spend time praying for each other and for the community.  I love the teachers that I work with just as much as I love the students (although I don't sit and look at pictures of them at night because I think that would be seriously creepy).  God has provided so well for the Ed Center by giving us Nigerian teachers that truly love The Lord and are loved by The Lord and then let that love pour into the children they teach.  I feel so blessed to have the privilege to work with the people that I do.  
One funny story from this week happened on Valentine's Day.  I got all of the kids a little chocolate for Valentine's Day and I bought each of the teachers a chocolate bar as well.  Well, it was one of the teacher's first time ever tasting chocolate and he LOVED it!  It was like he was a 4 year old tasting chocolate for the first time! His eyes lit up with delight.  I jokingly warned him to be careful not to eat the whole thing because he might get a stomach ache and his face got all serious like "Oh no are you serious?!"  It was too funny! So in the end he ate half before class and half after class, just to be safe :)

The picture below are of some of the students with their MTN (a cellular service here like Verizon) raincoats and backpacks that were donated to their school.  They are so cute in them, too bad rainy season isn't for a few months, although I give MTN credit for being ahead of the game!