This spring the girls' club has transformed from an environmental club to a health club. That wasn't my original intention, but it came up from the girls and Guelo, who is helping me sometimes, that we should do different units about different topics. So, until April we'll be talking about our bodies, sanitation, etc and then in May we'll start talking about dating, marriage, etc. again.
In our first health lesson we studied where God has dwelled throughout history, starting with the tabernacle and then the temple. Then we read about how the temple curtain tore when Jesus died and read the verses that say believers are the temple of the Lord. So, that is our basis for talking about health- our bodies are God's temple if we allow Him to dwell there.
This week Dr. Fernando (showm above) came and talked to them about how babies are made. Super embarassing. He didn't go into any detail about what the man and woman have to do to start the process, but rather focused on the stages of formation of a baby in the whom and the miracle that it is. He did a great job of exmplaining that the ability to have a baby is a blessing and that is why they need to be responsible with that gift.
We had little booklets (given to me by a friend back in Ames) that show photographs of babies at different stages in the whomb. The girls all crowded around the books and seemed really interested (as showm in the photo below)! Fernando shared interesting facts, like that a baby knows if it is loved or rejected somewhere around 22 or 26 weeks and that at 26 weeks the baby recognizes the voice of its mom and dad.
Overall, I'm really happy at how the girls' 'health club' has started out. Next week we'll be excercising and the following week we'll talk more about the changes that are going on in their bodies during adolescence.
