Reflections of A Black Christian Woman

 Last Sabbath afternoon,  I was with the Adventurer kids. I normally spend the afternoon with them to keep them busy. We sing, memorize verses and do a creative activity that is connected with one of the verses we are memorizing.  I enjoy my time with them. So when we were done and we were preparing to pray, one girl (Bathandwa) asked to pray. She thanked God for time spent in church and expressed how much she enjoys church. She then asked God to keep me till I'm very old. This prayer comforted me. We had a scare a month prior. The bolt we were using was almost hijacked and a gun was pointed at us. Thankfully, through God's protection, we made it alive. A girl in my class had asked for protection and she particularly asked protection from robbers that particular afternoon, as we were about to head home. And I'm forever grateful for her prayer. Anyway, back to the prayer: She thanked God that I'm nice and that I'm loving towards them. Thanked him for giving  me "

 All my learners did well, even the one in grade 1 (although I wish she repeats since she cannot read or write. She just knows answers). Apart from her, all are independent. The lowest mark in the class final exams in 62 %   and there are more kids in the 80 - 100 % percentile. I'm so proud of this year's grade 3s because they are the group that had to stop coming to school due to covid. I can positively say 5 / 7 of my grade 3s can read and write fluently in English , IsiXhosa and some Afrikaans.  The two are perfect but with more assistance at home they'll go far. In grade 2, I can safely say 7 / 10 can read and write fluently in English. And I'm excited to see them learn IsiXhosa and Afrikaans. We had started with IsiXhosa and had read IsiXhosa and taught the foundation - vowels and pronouncing alphabeths. And we've done two or three spelling tests. And without a doubt, they'll know how to read and write IsiXhosa by first term. And continue to grow. By the en