Soccer Game!

Last Friday our school played three soccer games against the Oceanside SDA school. The oceanside teams arrived on our campus about 1:00 p.m. The younger Grades 1 and 2 teams played first. The second game was Grades 3-5 and the third game Grades 6-8. It was a fun and exciting afternoon.


Here is a picture of when they are playing. Notice the little boy in the middle with the ball. He is Erick, one of my first graders. He sure has good control of the ball always. He is the one that scored the goal of the game. GOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!!

Shaking hands with the Oceanside first and second graders as the game ends.

With their coach Mrs. Simmons. Mrs. Simmons is a mother of one of my second grade girls. The parents at this school sure are active.

Here is the tired and proud team after the game. Only 8 of my 16 students are on the soccer team. The rest of us where there to cheer them. WAY TO GO!!!!

Pictures of the older grades games.

Week of Devotion at Loma Linda University

This week was the North American Division Week of Devotion at the Loma Linda University Church. Pastors from the different colleges and universities churches in the US were the speakers.
Our very own Tim Mitchel, current pastor of PUC and the pastor that married us, was there as a guess speaker this week. We enjoyed hearing him when he was our pastor at the Sunnyvale church where we attended before we moved to Temecula. There was also great music all week long.

This Sabbath sermon by Karl Haffner, senior pastor of the Kettering SDA Church in Ohio, was especially good. The quote that grabbed me was "There is nothing like being treated better than what you deserve. God does that for us" I thank God for all the blessings He gives us daily.

Telescope

The highlight of our weekend.
After two years, Gordon purchase a telescope! Yeah!!!!

Flowers

Flowers from my husband this weekend. They are simple but beautiful. Love it when he surprises me with flowers:-)

The Crystal Cathedral

Today our school went on a field trip to the Crystal Cathedral's The Glory of Christmas".
There were long lines to the different entrances since it was a school day. Put once you are inside it is worth the wait.

Poinsettias all around the campus

Waiting for our principal to go register us

One of the older student took this picture of me while we were waiting to be told what our entrance will be.

The line to our entrance

Once inside. The crystal roof above us.

Crystal walls around us

The stage




See the trompet men at the balcony.
This is how the program started. Just before they play their glorious trumpets sound by them, there was an announcement that taking pictures of the prohibit. So, sorry, I have no pictures of "The Glory of Christmas" performance


The girls admiring The Prodigal Son statue

Thanksgiving Gathering!

Table is set...

Food is ready!

We ate around 3:30 that afternoon

Enjoying the meal

The Thanksgiving Group when it was late.

MSACA 2007 Thanksgiving Feast

Each student made a turkey to decorate the tables

We had a little program and then it was time to eat.

Some were Indians

Some were Pilgrims

MSACA 2007 Fall Fest

Last Sunday was MSACA's Fall Feast. MSACA is short for Murrieta Springs Adventist Christian Academy. It was great fun and great success.
I keep being more and more impress with this school. They really go all out in every event. Everyone is very involved in every school activity and ready to go the extra mile to help.
Everyone is so appreciative of the program I am running in my classroom, and they find any opportunity to show it to me. The staff is a team and the principal is the best one I have every work with, she has a true spirit of service.
I fell very bless to work here.

There was live music

There was all kind of great food

Our Grades 1 and 2 booth. Chinese food!

I kept being put in jail by my students.
This two girls bailed me out. Thanks girls!

There were all kinds of fun activities to do

Pie eating contest

One of the students of the contest could not swallow that last bite.
The poor boy was sick after this.

This is the auction items area. There were all kinds of items here, from special recipes homemade pastries, electrical items, digital cameras, flat screens monitors to professional photographers... Here is where we raised the most money.

Mr. Gibson, a father of one of the third grade students is a firemen. He arrange for some of the member of his crew and two fire engines to come. Firefighters are the latest heroes around here. The kids got to ask them tons of questions about the recent fires in this area and also had a chance to get in their fire engines

To view the complete Fall Fest web album click HERE