This week the campus of Escuela Caribe experienced some change as the houses moved around a bit. Tommy and Tammy DiEmidio moved from Thomas house to become houseparents at TKB, Lance house joined up with TKB to become one house, and Owen Postma, previously the group leader, became housefather at Thomas. I was able to spend an evening with each of the houses this week so I will tell you a little about that.
Thomas
Wednesday evening I helped out at Thomas house while my husband filled in for Owen (it was his night off), so I got to "play" housemom for the night. For dinner we had Pasta with Chicken and Bell Peppers and a creamy White Sauce, buttered Wheat Rolls, and some left-over Nacho Bake. The guys were plenty hungry and ate almost everything on the table. A few of them have been helping with service projects around the school to make some extra money: it involves a lot of dirt, sweat, and heavy lifting. After chores I showed the guys some pictures of a few of the boys that had been in the house when I was housemother at Thomas House as well as some house trips we took. They really enjoyed seeing how much some of the guys have changed in the last year. We had some fun reminiscing about the "old days". For breakfast the next morning we had an EC favorite: baked oatmeal and peaches.
TKB
I had the privilege of having dinner with TKB on Thursday evening. One of the girls was having a birthday dinner and invited Robbie and I over to celebrate with them. She requested a Chinese meal, so Tammy and I made Orange Chicken, Pork Dumplings and Fried Rice. For desert we had Pineapple Upside Down Cake and Ice Cream with Chocolate and Caramel Topping. It was so delicious! We all went around the table and shared favorite memories of the birthday girl, a birthday tradition at TKB. After dinner, Tommy shared a devotional from John 11:1-37 (The Death of Lazarus). Tommy talked about the love that Jesus had for Lazarus and his family, and how he cried when he received news of Lazarus' death, even though He knew that God would be glorified through it when He rose Lazarus from the dead. We talked about pain, and how even though God sees "the big picture" and knows "the greater good", He still hurts with us.
School
Today I had the opportunity to sit in on one of Erin Adams' English classes. Ms. Adams' is a phenomenal teacher and I was very impressed by her ability to make learning new terms enjoyable. After class it was lunch time and it did not disappoint: the pancakes, fruit and egg casserole were all good. Then after lunch one of the staff members passed around his personal stash of mini snickers bars for everyone to enjoy.
All in all it was an enjoyable week on campus and for the most part everyone seems to be taking the transition rather well.
Until next week,
Serenity
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