By the grace of God the Del Norte library is up and running! Yay! After months of sorting through books, organizing, cleaning, and planning we have our doors open :) Here are some pictures of the process and of the beautiful faces that are now enjoying the library twice a week.
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| The pile of unusable books we took out of the library... this is only about half of what we ended up taking out!! |
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| My very good friend and wonderful co-librarian, Lucia. |
God has truly blessed me with the friendship of Lucia (above). Lucia's husband works full time with B2B while Lucia teaches at a Montessori school in Monterrey, ministers to down syndrome children, and hosts a music class for community kids. She is such a talented women who I hope one day soon will work full time for B2B. Lucia has been a Godsend these past few months. Together we have tackled the library project in Del Norte. Lucia is the main librarian, working twice a week with the kids at the home. Her patience amazes me as will as her ability to engage children in reading. Lucia is also building relationships with the caregivers at Del Norte,,, not always an easy task, but she is pouring into them when she can.
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| Stocking the shelves |
Here I am organzing books! Praise God for the grace he has given me to find time in my schedule to work with the kids at Del Norte. It has been a challenged to get to know each child and help them learn the rules of the library, but it has also been rewarding. What a blessing to see kids learning about God's world through great books!
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| Enjoying some non-fiction |
Next week we will start up again in the library with the Del Norte kids. There are near 45 kids who live at the home, the majority around kindergarten age. Almost all will be in the library each week. Before Christmas break we spent three weeks simply introducing the kids to the library, teaching them the rules, and allowing them time to explore. This new year we will begin more structured reading times and activities with small groups of children.
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| Our oldest group of students exploring the library |
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| Lucia at work bringing a story alive for the kids :) |
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| Elvis reading a Sponge Bob book that he seeks each time he is in the library. |
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| Three of our kindergartners enjoying some non-fiction. |
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The youngest boys discovering board books with David.
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Please continue to keep the library project in your prayers!!!
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