There is only one girl in the fifth grade class, which has been fine up until now, because she doesn’t know much English, so it was easy to take her out of the group to work with her individually. However, now that she has learned so much English, it would be so good to have another girl for her to spend time with, because the boys in her class exclude her and she does not care to be included either. It would be nice if she had a companion in that class. I pray that another girl would join this class.

This weekend was a lot of fun. I went to the Medina with friends and bought a bunch of presents to take home for friends and family. I hope I can fit it all in my suitcases. I also went to a gingerbread house decorating party and then a dip party where we ate food that could be dipped into cheese or chocolate or ranch etc. Today, I went to church where the pastor talked about the magi. Then, I went to McDonald's for the first time while being here. Then I went to a friends' house and finished the book I've been reading, took a nap and have been working on planning this week out.