Guess were I’m going to be spring break???…I’m gonna be on a STAY CATION!!! I know, it doesn’t seem very exciting, but guess what? it is. Please have a open mind about stay cations, because they ARE fun!!! Here are some things that I am planing to do on my spring break: Me, my dad, (because he’s a teacher, so he gets time off.) and my sister are going to go to a few restaurants during our spring break. Like Bagels (because LOVE bagels), Anna’s house (because my dad and my sister went there once and they LOVED it.), Carpe Latte [because I LOVE their hot coco (with sprinkles and whipped cream), and their bagels are AWESOME, yes I know that I have a problem with bagels, okay a Big problem with them, but I LOVE bagels.]  Also were going to go to Bob Evans (yeah, their AWESOME), Big apple (because my sister wants to), and probably some other places. Also we are going to go to my mom’s work (to swim), we are going to bam (to bowl), Craig’s Cruisers (to miniature golf), watch a movie, go to the mall, barnes and Noble (my idea), library (my idea to), Captain Sundae (just thought of that), and we are going to go to the Snyder’s cottage (they go to our church, but they’re going to Florida for a little while), so the Rydens (our friends) are going to say there, so we will go hang out with them (maybe sleep over=), and hang out. So those are some things that I am planing to do on my spring break.

Bye!!!

So yesterday was a VERY painful day. I mean it was literally painful. It all started when I woke up… “It’s Morning, Wake up, wake up!!!” My sister was jumping on my bed, that usually would have been cute or helpful, but this time, guess what? It wasn’t. It was 7:30 and not to mention we live in Holland, so every morning we have to leave at around 8:05. And this morning, this PAINFUL morning we had to get gas. So we had to leave early, EARLY. Isn’t 8:05 early enough? Example: Lydia wakes up at 8:05, crazy, right? LUCKY!!! “Their’s no such thing as luck” said Lydia. Well guess what? THERE IS!!! So anyway Elia, my sister turns on the light and I shouted “Get OUT of my room!!!” Well guess what? She didn’t. So obviously I woke up so Elia could get out of my room. Wouldn’t you??? I got dressed and went upstairs, I hate to brag, but I looked pretty GOOD. Ha, Ha, Ha. I was in sweats and I was getting my lunch ready, I was finally ready and hitting the road. We went to get gas and pick up 2 boys that we carpool with. The ride was normal, everyone talking and me relaxing. Here the sarcasm? I was reading a book, and stressing out. (NOT relaxing.) Finally we got to school and it was all ready 8:35. School started out pretty normal, Art, Reading, Mandarin, Math, Lunch, and RECESS. It was raining so we had to stay inside. You won’t guess what we did… Twister. It was pretty fun, but hard. 🙂 Then science, recess (Blokus, which was AWESOME) and finally Daily 5. It was time to go home, so I went to my locker, got all my stuff on, and  went outside. On Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays the woman that we carpool with (Mrs. DeKruyter) brings us home. If you haven’t noticed yet, reading relaxes me and it’s my thing other than friends, family, people, fashion, baking, dancing, dance lessons, soccer, sports, singing, acting, organizing, hot coco, tea, drinks, food, nice smells, play dates, gym nights, gems, ect… Well anyway you get my point (My point: I like allot of stuff.) So that kept me busy in the car. When I came home, right away I went down stairs to play, then I watched some t.v., did my violin (Which is NOT my thing.) And finally got dressed. When we got to our church I got something to eat [a little corn, mashed potatoes and 1 piece of pizza. (I wasn’t very hungry)] and then I looked for my friends,  Lilly Ryden and Lydia DeBlecourt (yes the SAME Lydia as earlier =)) Before the Derby car race Lily Johnson (from our school) showed up because her brother was in cadets and she sat by me, Lydia, and Lilly (Ryden.) The race was about to begin!!! Yes, that was a little to sarcastic, but that was how I felt. I was in one of the first rounds, I was against Elia (3rd grader) and Miya (4th grader.) It was SO logical I came in 2nd place, 2nd!!! (NOT logical.) Elia lost :(, and Miya won :). I didn’t care about the scores, just the fun of it. But it wasn’t ALL that fun. The next time I it was my turn I was 2nd place, AGAIN. But the final time it was my turn, I was against Lydia, LYDIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could already feel the tension,we were looking at each other and it was CRAZY!!! and guess who won??? SHE won, and guess what place I came in???…3rd!!! So all in all Elia got in 1st place (because there were only 2 people in Elia’s grade, her and Ruth) but Elia lost 2 times and got in 2nd place once. And SHE won. Crazy, right? For 5th grade I came in 6th place, Lydia came in 5th place, and Lilly (Ryden) came in 3rd place. Sad  :(, right? Lydia is so awesome and nice. Here the sarcasm? J.K.

Bye!!! 😉

-Kate Schemper

This post is about changing the ending to “Las raíces del mar”  to a very  interesting end. Our ending:

As Ramon threw the bottle containing the letter to  Captain Gondomar, he sees a shadow, not an ordinary shadow a mysterious shadow. “Who could that be?” Ramon thought. There he sees Captain Gondomar!!!!!! “AHHHH!!!!” Ramon screamed “You just walked out of the water!!!” He threw the bottle and it hit the Captain in the head. He fell over in the water and fainted. Then Ramon runs into the water slaps the captains cheek. The captain wakes up. Ramon sees another shadow not an ordinary shadow, his dad’s shadow! His dad sees Captain Gondomar and screams: “AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!” and faints… Then Ramon wakes up his dad and tells him “You  are related to Captain Gondomar.” Then in his dad’s mind, he sees the train:” Gon-do-mar, Gon-do-mar,Gon-do-mar,Gon-do-mar,Gon-do-mar.” Ramon’s dad says: “Wait, REALLY?!?!?!?, NOOOOOOO!!!! 

Lydia DeBlecourt and Kate Schemper

March 17,2016

I have seen God at work in my life when I see my family and my friends loving, caring, and being GREAT examples in my life and in others lives. Also a example is when my great grandpa died, because by that my great grandma moved to a place where she can be happy, and my family is a lot closer. Some ways that I can listen for the Holy Spirit in my life just like Samuel, is that I can read the Bible. Because God sent that really BIG letter to us so that we can read it, and so that we can get closer to God. Also we can pray to God and talk to him, and he ALWAYS answers our prayers. So those are ways that we can talk to God.

One injustice in the world is that not everyone knows about God, and not everyone believes about God.  Sometimes people just don’t want to know about God. So what World Mission does is it takes missionaries and they send the missionaries all over the world. Those missionaries go to places were people who don’t know about God. Also World Missions has 4 main ideas, those ideas are: Christian Education, Leadership Development, Evangelism, and Transforming Communities. Also they teach others to be better teachers and pastors, so they can also tell others about God, so those people can also learn about God. It is very sad that not many people know about God, and not everyone will know God. So World Missions takes care of that injustice.