XLIX

So the first thing I'm going to list is not really a GST, but more like a GLT: 

Today in 1st grade, after reading together, they wanted to color the reader.  Anouk had her Bible on her desk, so I picked it up and started thumbing through it.  Her translation was very kid-friendly and interesting to read.  She told me that there is a picture of Jesus on the cross and she wanted me to find it.  So I did and then she goes, "Read it to us!"  So I read how Pilate took Jesus and put Him on trial.  I keep reading and then when there was a break in the text.  I paused and Anouk says, "Keep reading!  Don't stop."  She did this at least one more time!  It was so sweet to hear her asking me to read from the most important text of the Bible.  Then at the end, she said, "That's my favorite story."  I asked the other boy in the class, if he had ever heard this story before coming to VCS and he said no.  This is why I am here at VCS to share the love of Christ with students!  I love how people pay to come to our school and we get the priviledge of telling them about the Lord!  

I feel like nothing else I can say about the rest of my day can compare to what happened in first grade!  But I'll still go ahead and list four more real gSt: 

- having one-on-one time with a beginner student and seeing how much she has learned over the past few months!

- a walk after school with the German teacher

- watching the school play in the evening

- the view from the subway on the way home ... the sky + Danube River + church steeple = amazing!!

PS  Check out the honoray mention + picture in Melissa's post: http://mel-in-vienna.blogspot.com/