Today is our third day of teacher training for the teachers at Docine. It is not a holiday here in Haiti. No BBQs for us. But we did have sliced hotdogs in the spaghetti we had for lunch. The newest member of our team, Quentin Nantz, has the floor today. He started...
It’s Carla's Birthday! Happy Birthday Carla! ? Since her favorite thing to do is teach, it was Carla's turn to be the professor today. She did a review of the Foundations of Biblical Principles for teaching to pave the way for today's theme of Enduring Understandings....
Our first Day with the teachers from the Christian Academy of Docine. The classroom was almost ready at 8:00. The painting and electric work was pretty much done, the floor of the classroom had been swept and mopped, and four young men were bringing up the tables and...
Yesterday was a long day of travel. We were up at 3 am, and arrived in Port Au Prince at 1:30, just 30 minutes behind schedule, and waited for our new team member Quentin Natz, to soon arrive on the Delta flight. Our journey was pretty uneventful, but the adventure...
Headed to Gonaives, Haiti for a week with the teachers at the Christian Academy of Docine.
Today we leave Uganda for home. Of course we won't get home until tomorrow evening. I thought I would leave a short reflection on our time here: The landscape of Uganda is beautiful, green and lush. They have had a lot of rain recently. Driving around one sees large...
At New Hope Uganda We woke up this morning, after a cool night in our hut, to fog. It really was a beautiful morning as we walked from our hut to the guest house for breakfast. After breakfast we headed to the church. The service was to begin at 9 am, but there was...
Back to New Hope Uganda This morning we left Carla with the Williams and, with Godfrey and Olga and three of their kids in the backseat, headed north back to Kasana. We did make a couple stops in the center of Kampala on the way. One, to do some shopping at the market...
Working with MIE Staff We spent the best part of today out on the front porch helping Godfrey and Eric with more of their English curriculum editing. We have a great time together, often going off on rabbit trails discussing the differences in our cultures. We are...
Today was a slow day for me. A good day to get our clothes and belongings organized for our final four days here. Appointments we had scheduled today were cancelled because of some sinus troubles Carla has been dealing with. Nancy and Kim, a MTW missionary here, took...