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Name: Becky
Country: United States
State: Illinois
Birthday: 8/7/1979
Gender: Female
Interests: traveling, reading, hanging out at cafe's with friends
Occupation: Education/training
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Member Since:
4/26/2004
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| Bilingual Program Teacher/Director
This will be my 2nd year teaching in Rantoul as a Bilingual/ESL teacher. Last year I was the only Spanish speaking adult in the building and even though my Spanish is completely terrible, the entire school staff saw me as the "miracle drug" to all their Spanish speaking kid problems. At the beginning of the year there were no parents that would come into the school or call the school, but the end of the year they were involved in the classrooms and would often spontaneously drop in. This year, seeing the program grow, we have 5 staff members that speak Spanish and will be building this bilingual program together! I'm so excited and thankful for each one that is willing to jump on board. It's kinda funny to me, though, that we are all these young Caucasians. Where are my latino brother and sister teachers?!
At registration a couple weeks ago I met for the first time the father of one of my precious first grade students. When he found out who I was he got this big smile on his face and told me how this past summer his son read something in Spanish on the cereal box and he could not believe his son could read it. He asked his son where he learned to read in Spanish and he told his dad a teacher at school taught him. What motivation to start a new year and a foundation to build on! I'm going to need these motivations as the teacher who has been leading this whole program has recently resigned, so I now have taken on the role of program director as well as teacher. I need a lot of wisdom and prayer as someone very ill-equipped for the job.
From ABEL to ISR
Something I never thought would ever happen was that I would be leaving the ABEL area. ABEL has been my family and place to be for all my CFC years (5 1/2 years). I'm so thankful for all the people, blessings, lessons, and struggles. I'm thankful for P.Jung and his patience with me all these years, for pushing me to be stretched in my faith when I pushed back all the harder. It is not easy at all for me to move to the other side of Krannert, you would think I was moving to the other side of the country. This love-me heart does not take this kind of change very quickly. Perhaps this is a new chapter of my life, a fresh start. I pray that God will help me see His heart for the ISR area and be moldable to be a faithful worker there. ISR, I feel very welcomed by you! Thank you!
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Together for the 4th of July in Bloomington:
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Africa sister, I'm gonna miss you.....
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