Three Cheers!!!!

Today I was so tired! I am always so cold at night with my air-con on so I turned it off. At first it was really nice but then I woke up sweaty so I turned my air-con on again and then I woke up cold so I turned it off, and the cycle kept continuing all night. Needless to say, it was an awful night's sleep and I woke up dead tired this morning. Wednesday is not a hard day for me, but I teach the first 4 hours straight with only a break for lunch which I didn't have today because we had a student's birthday party during lunch (they go all out here...it is pretty much a gourmet feast! BUT it was good because today is nasty soup day in the cafeteria so I never eat a good lunch on Wednesday UNLESS there are birthdays! :)) Anywho, I was tired so I was not exactly my cheery self this morning. But then something absolutely amazing happened that totally redeemed my day and my attitude!
Mos is a student of mine who started at GES this year. He spoke virtually no English at all. It was a challenge trying to pantomime how to do math, science, english, and geography the first few weeks and months. He is so motivated though and driven to learn. He wants so badly to be able to understand. He has come such a long way since the beginning of the year and it has been really fun watching him develop. I remember at the beginning of the year he couldn't even say my name so for the first two weeks my name was "Teacher" until he could figure out how to say "Miss Sarah." But today Mos completely blew me away! We have a verse that we learn for chapel every week and sometimes in the mornings I will ask if any of the students want to say it to the class from memory. Today Mos raised his hand and stood up and said our memory verse! Then we went to flag and when we got back, it was time for math. In math, Mos had his hand raised several times to answer questions. Mos! Mos raised his hand in class. He understood my general instructions to the class. He didn't need any extra hand motions, picture drawing, pointing, or simple instruction. He got it! Then in English AND science Mos answered questions. And he got a B+ on a science quiz that he did ON HIS OWN! I was just so blown away. I am so proud of him! Today was a good day! :)