February 2, 2023 p.m.

After a good (though short) night of sleep, we hit the road running —well, more like climbing…slowly. The altitude (over 7,000 ft.) did not hit us too hard until we encountered the stairs — and we had a lot of them on our first day here. It was day that brought...

February 2, 2023 a.m.

From Carla: Yes, we have lost a day, however Quentin and I have arrived at the Abat Guest House in Addis Ababa safe and sound! First leg of trip was an 11 hour flight to Istanbul. It was a bit uncomfortable (old plane, hard cushions, warm) and neither of us able to...

January 31, 2023

Carla and Quentin are flying tonight from Miami to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to introduce the PS78 Teacher Education Program to the MINTS Seminary there. They have hundreds of Christian schools, but no place for teachers to receive instruction on how to teach from a...

September 30, 2022 – Last night in Malawi

From Carla after a long day with multiple sweating opportunities — first, in a dress and a graduation cap and gown — agh! (Can those gowns be dry cleaned??) After that, a trek (still in the dress that will never be the same!) through a sustainable farm that Joster is...

September 30, 2022

Thursday’s classes finished around 1:00 so that students could practice for graduation and the MINTS directors could meet and debrief the week, including hearing a report on my time with the faculty (Mon./Tues) and the students (Wed/Thurs). Many positive,...

September 29, 2022

Another good day in the classroom! From many comments and statements of appreciation, Carla feels like many have developed a new appreciation of what it means to have God-centered teaching! Malawi Spaghetti