Teachers Orientation is now over and it is time to bring on the students. This Monday school starts and will be a rude awaking to many people. I am excited about getting back into the classroom.
God has been good. Families are now starting to return from furloughs, holidays, etc. and Sentani is starting to fill up again. Great to see friends returning. Yesterday some of our good friends from last time returned after a two year absence and it was absolutely great to see them.
We continue to feel as if we are in God's will and continue to pray for the spiritual battle that is all around us. Thank you for all of your prayers as well. Keep on the armor!
Friday, August 17, 2007
Monday, August 06, 2007
Update on our school...
Want to update you all on our school Hillcrest International School. Please continue to pray for this school, each year before school it is a panic getting everything in place and getting the teachers situated. This year is no exception. Last night one of our administrators (and a friend of mine) found out that he has cancer and needs to return to the US. This will not only leave a tremendous hole in for the school but is also extremely hard on the family. Please pray as this all gets worked out that God's Will be done.
Lord we want to trust you give us the strength to do so.
Lord we want to trust you give us the strength to do so.
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Things looking up....
Things are looking up in terms of our medical situation here. Jalen's arm is healing fine, my knee is responding to the antibiotics, Janna is getting rid of her cough and so we are feeling good.
Our house also is looking more and more set up all the time and it is beginning to feel like home. Last night Jalen and Kaya had their first sleepovers in the new house and it went great! So they are making friends, which is a huge answer to prayer as well.
Please pray in the upcoming weeks for all the teachers at HIS as we begin the school year. Most of the teachers are arriving this week and then next week we begin teacher orientation, then the 20th we begin. Lots to do before this time so just please pray.
Thanks again for all your support.
Our house also is looking more and more set up all the time and it is beginning to feel like home. Last night Jalen and Kaya had their first sleepovers in the new house and it went great! So they are making friends, which is a huge answer to prayer as well.
Please pray in the upcoming weeks for all the teachers at HIS as we begin the school year. Most of the teachers are arriving this week and then next week we begin teacher orientation, then the 20th we begin. Lots to do before this time so just please pray.
Thanks again for all your support.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Sorry... So long in coming
Unbelievable! The last post was June 20th. We are sorry about that. Since the last post we have moved across Indonesia and hooked into different interent providers. One of these blocks the website blogspot so we have been unable to access the site. Anyway, here is an update on our lives.
We are now living in Papua Indonesia, we have set up our house and the kids are really enjoying having some room to bike and run around. For those of you who have not yet heard, Jalen broke his arm the 3rd day after we arrived here and so has had a cast on his arm until about 3 days ago. Needless to say he was ready for the cast to come off because with the cast there was no swimming. He got his cast off and immediately wanted his training wheels off his bike. SO the day after the cast came off he learned to ride without training wheels.
Kaya loves dogs and our new neighbours have a dog that had 3 puppies when we arrived. She was over there playing with them and just loving the attention that the puppies would give her. Of course she intantly wanted one, but Dad has held firm so far. The puppies have now all been given away and so the pressure to get a dog is off for a while.
Other than that Janna and I have been trying to set up our home and keep the ants at bay. We have done some serious things to the yard and the house. The yard was full of rocks which we removed. In the rocks we found 2 cochroch nests, piles of ants, bees, and of course a snake. The snake was not a poisonous one and so I picked it up. Let me back up. There were cochroaches by the hundreds coming out of this hole by the tree so I spraid insect killer in the hole and out came the snake. I think that the snake did not like the insect repellent because after I picked it up it proceded to bite me 2 times. My first snake bites, cool! Our Indonesian yard worker told me that the snake must be evil because usually that type does not bite. I enjoy snakes and so now I am currently building a place to put them when I find them.
Today is the first day that I have gone to the school to begin preparation for the coming school year. The students arrive on the 20th and the teacher orientation is a couple of days before that. Right now it sounds like I am teaching AP Calculus, Precalculus, Algebra I, Physics, and possibly Statistics. Should be interesting! I am excited to get back into the classroom and teach some higher level mathematics.
Talk to you again soon. Now these will once again start to come on a more regular basis. See yah!
We are now living in Papua Indonesia, we have set up our house and the kids are really enjoying having some room to bike and run around. For those of you who have not yet heard, Jalen broke his arm the 3rd day after we arrived here and so has had a cast on his arm until about 3 days ago. Needless to say he was ready for the cast to come off because with the cast there was no swimming. He got his cast off and immediately wanted his training wheels off his bike. SO the day after the cast came off he learned to ride without training wheels.
Kaya loves dogs and our new neighbours have a dog that had 3 puppies when we arrived. She was over there playing with them and just loving the attention that the puppies would give her. Of course she intantly wanted one, but Dad has held firm so far. The puppies have now all been given away and so the pressure to get a dog is off for a while.
Other than that Janna and I have been trying to set up our home and keep the ants at bay. We have done some serious things to the yard and the house. The yard was full of rocks which we removed. In the rocks we found 2 cochroch nests, piles of ants, bees, and of course a snake. The snake was not a poisonous one and so I picked it up. Let me back up. There were cochroaches by the hundreds coming out of this hole by the tree so I spraid insect killer in the hole and out came the snake. I think that the snake did not like the insect repellent because after I picked it up it proceded to bite me 2 times. My first snake bites, cool! Our Indonesian yard worker told me that the snake must be evil because usually that type does not bite. I enjoy snakes and so now I am currently building a place to put them when I find them.
Today is the first day that I have gone to the school to begin preparation for the coming school year. The students arrive on the 20th and the teacher orientation is a couple of days before that. Right now it sounds like I am teaching AP Calculus, Precalculus, Algebra I, Physics, and possibly Statistics. Should be interesting! I am excited to get back into the classroom and teach some higher level mathematics.
Talk to you again soon. Now these will once again start to come on a more regular basis. See yah!
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