Adequate Advocate

With a large family; a growing Church; and an expanding school, there is ALWAYS stuff to write about!  Each week, even each day, has so many different threads of life going on which are exciting or incredible or dramatic and may be of interest to others.  For instance, Attah just had his motorcycle (which he relies on to run errands for the ministry daily) impounded by the police for the crazy reason that there was a shooting of a political figure by someone on a motorcycle recently so the police decided to impound all motorcycles in town so there would be less motorcycle traffic ahead of party elections this Saturday???? Hmmmm, go figure!  Yet there is also the mundane stuff. The slow motion. Is God glorified in these things as well?  If we can plod on and press on through the tedious and boring routine stuff as well with a great attitude, He is pleased!  Character is revealed or tested in the dramatic and climactic times, but it is built and shaped in the daily work of child trainin

                              This week was my (Jessica's) birthday and anyone who knows me well knows that I love books and kids and sweet stuff!  So this birthday was made perfect by my wonderful hubby and kids and friends with a new library room at school, kids surrounding me, and special treats to sweeten the day! Hubby made cinnamon rolls from scratch!  Quite impressed! He also worked so hard - carpentry, contracting, and doing so much to get the new container classroom ready for use just in time for my birthday! It is now our new library room on one side! The other side will have a study area and computers when we are able to complete it. Love seeing the kids enjoy books in this new space and knowing that moving the library here is creating more space for the other classrooms to accommodate more of our special students. No more sitting on the floor for some of our newer special students like Kwame who now gets space for a desk! In our ho

We just finished up our 3rd week of school! It feels like we've been going a lot longer but God has been good to us and supplied us with the strength and the health we need to keep teaching!                              The 3rd grade class                         Some of my 4th graders. While we are waiting for the container classroom to be completed, we are in a makeshift classroom on the porch of the 3rd grade classroom.  Things can be a bit scattered and crazy but we are making do!                                                      Morning assembly for the students                                           We have fun in school learning lots of new songs Congrats to Mrs. Abanga (One of our teachers) on the birth of their baby girl.         Baby Julia Marie Three older siblings are enthralled Baby Julia arrived on the same day as another little girl's birthday, Baby Yaa, as everyone calls her; and she had a lovely birthday party at the sc