We have been working hard at trying to find a shadow teacher for Mari, specifically one to shadow her next year so we can enroll her in the Kindergarten class. We were pleasantly surprised at the response we got from our advertisement at the University of the Philippines. We looked through lots of resumes and then narrowed it down to about 8 women. We ended up interviewing four, with one yet to happen. God is helping us fine tune our selection. This week is a big part of the selection process. All potential kindergarten students come for 3 days of "pre-kindergarten." This enables the kindergarten teacher to evaluate the children and for basic readiness testing to be completed. This week is "pre-kindergarten" and Mari went today for her first day. She did great! What a huge blessing and answer to prayer. She wasn't intimidated by the other kids, even though she didn't know them. Thursday and Friday of this week, we will have two separate ladies come and "shadow" her for the day. This will give us opportunity to see how Mari reacts to them, and to see how they work with the Kindergarten teacher.
Our prayer is that the Lord will very clearly help us see who is the best shadow teacher for Mari at this time. We feel like the Lord is giving us some good direction, but want to complete the process before we make our decision. We know that as long as the Lord wants us here, he will provide what Mari needs.
Will you please be praying with us, especially Thursday and Friday (your Wednesday and Thursday) for us to be wise in this decision process. Will you also join us in praying for the Special Education departmental needs at our school, that God would raise up special education teachers and therapists to fill this void.
We love you all! Thanks for sharing this journey with us!!
4 comments:
Linda,
We will be praying! So glad she had a great first day... I can't believe how big and grown up she is. Please give her lots of hugs and kisses from us! Miss you all!
-Julie :)
That is a very good start for Mari..i hope and pray for you to find a good and dedicated teacher.we will be praying for her:)
This is so amazing! Wow! God knowe all our needs and is working on them way before we even realize we have those needs! Love you!!!
Linda, I pray that the Lord will be with you guys as you make your decision in choosing a good one-to-one teacher. Nolan and I know how crucial it is for Mari to have a good one. :) Remember to notice whether they can "play" with Mari or not b/c we know how much Nolan helped the girl he worked with learn good social skills. :)
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