Last week was a rough week here on site. It is easy sometimes during those times to focus on what you don’t have and not what you do have. The fact that I have had to spend more time in the states during all the COVID restrictions has made me think more of the comforts…

So Friday our school hosted our first friendly football match. Please remember this is a European football country so it is really soccer. The match is with the local government primary school within walking distance. This was interesting because almost all the kids know each other and many of the older kids at the local…

After going through all of our student photos, I realized I had some earlier photos of some of the students and thought it might be fun to share some of those old photos next to the new one so we can see some of the changes. Disclaimer: Some of the early photos were taken by…

Actually this may be more I get the good camera out and try and take every kids photo with a lot more pictures as well. This year we have 166 students at the end of March across 3 preschool classes and 5 standard classes. We only have two more standard classes to add to finish…

I am writing this week about two of our church services. One was International Women’s day service on March 6 and the other was the Sunday I preached on March 13. I took quite a few videos of the choirs singing (yes plural) and that is why the lag time in posting about the church…

We have completed our first monthly test of the year and the top students of the year are: This year our Standard IV students (17 of them) will be taking place in the Government standardized test sometime in November. We will send out prayer requests with their specific names closer to time so you can…

One of the fun things working with a school that has such a wide range of ages all mixed together is that as the kids grow (mentally and emotionally) they change. Our oldest kids could start to experience puberty before their final year at our school in two years. Every year I have a group…