Joy gives us wings

I held my regular French class in the morning. On the lesson plan for today was to go over numbers again, something that had proven disastrous last week. However this week, I had a Taki Taki lesson under my belt and knew how to translate all the numbers. When the women heard me speak they all started giggling and the class from then on was much more fun, as well as educational.
I began another children's class in another neighborhood of Vampire. It was at the house of the Captain (a sub-chief of the Saramaka tribe), a Baha'i, who politely welcomed me and excused himself...men do not interfere in the activities of women and children.
It was a lovely group of slightly older kids, which is always nice since they understand what you're talking about! However, the best part of the class was the women who sat around and learned the quotation on unity with the children and then asked for coloring sheets.


That night we attended of second 19-day Feast in French Guiana (the Baha'i calendar contains 19 months, each with 19 days, and Baha'is gather at the beginning of each month). In attendance were 5 youth, 1 adult, and 32 children! Needless to say, the Feast consisted mainly of singing and children's presentations, which was wonderful!



Lesson Learned:
As much as negative attitudes are contagious, so are positive ones. Enthusiasm and a joyful heart renders any task more enjoyable, successful, and helps others enjoy it too.
Some things in life don't go as planned, and if we have the detachment to accept this, we can make the best of any situation.