Do you like green eggs and ham???

My 3rd and 4th graders have worked so hard the last 5 weeks to perform a Dr. Seuss Musical in honor of 'I Love to Read' month.  We have studied Dr. Seuss' writing and illustrations in class and learned songs and movements in music class.  Our art teacher is a genius and guided the kids through the wonderful world of paper mache.  Each student made their own Dr. Seuss hat from lots of newspaper, glue, and an amazing imagination.  It was fun, but we had a few stressful moments.  Some hats shrunk and had to be cut and re-mached.  Some hats took forever to dry because of no sun.  We even had a monkey eat a hole through a hat.  Darn monkeys.  However, in the end they were finished just in time to be shown off to the school, teachers, family, and friends.  Enjoy the pictures and video!!!

The First Shear Glory International

Well a few years ago God gave LisaMarie Rose a vision of Shear Glory. It was to be an outreach of Christ's love on people who needed haircuts, love, and someone to talk to. La Barberia (of Cleveland, OH) has hosted a few at their shops and have seen people touched by the experience. The stylists have given up a whole day to love on people in need in and around Cleveland. They have seen single moms, children, homeless, and members of Magnolia Clubhouse totally blessed because of this program. The only problem was that Lisa's original vision was global. Start small and let God do the rest.  While I was in Cleveland last year I fell in love with this vision and then just happened to move to India. 

In January, Kyle and I visited the Bethania Association orphanage a few hours from where we live. While I was there, Priscilla (the lady in charge) told me that a bunch of the girls had lice and a barber had given them all bowl cuts.  In America this wouldn't be a huge deal because hair grows and children have all different length hair. Here, girls wear their hair in two long braids for school everyday. If you can't, you are seen as 'the little orphan girl.'  It's a stigma that the kids have to live with at school everyday.  I told Priscilla I'd come back in two months and cut everyone's hair once it grew a little. Kyle and I went this past weekend with 4 other teachers and 4 students to love on the kids. My friend Cath and I did 26 haircuts in 2 hours!!! The girls that had bowl cuts are now mullets, so i tried my best to cut so that it will grow into a bob.  Cath took care of all the other girls who needed inches of dead ends cut off.  Some were so scared but we assured them that it was healthy to get all the dead stuff cut.  The other girls with us painted nails and drew henna to pamper the girls for a day. Kyle and the guys did construction and played with the boys.  The kids were excited and I think we all left more blessed than the kids were!!

It's crazy how God works. Using someone on the other side of the world to carry out a vision. 

(The sunset picture is a view of our mountains while driving down!)