Teacher Training Day 1

Today was the first day of our teacher training. Bethany led the teachers in a discussion on the question, how do we know when someone loves us? Some of the common responses were: When someone visits you, by receiving greetings from others, when someone forgives you, and when someone advises you, among many other things.

We also played a game where we had a group of items covered with a cloth and would uncover for a specific amount of time and then the teachers had to remember everything they could. Each round we gave them either more time or let them get closer to the items until finally we allowed them also to have time to touch and use more of their sense to figure out what some of the items were. We used this lesson to demonstrate how when we really want to get to know someone (specifically our students) and see who they are we have to really look, take time, move towards them and connect, and be in community with them.
We hope after this first day these teachers feel encouraged to move towards their students in love and to also allow their students to move towards them in new ways as well. We are excited for day 2!