Start of School

 Upon arriving, we had two weeks to get ready for school. We were pleased to come and find the school doing well after we had been away for 5 months. We really appreciated our team working hard together! This year school started up on the 8th of September. There was a lot of prep work that needed to be done- shelves/offices needed to be made and painted, a lot of cleaning and disinfecting, porches needed to be enclosed, etc. God being so good we were able to get all things painted and all the furniture we need at the moment made.

Painting offices with Jeffrey, a young man in the Christian school
Freshly painted closet in a classroom
Our first day of school
We really appreciate all who have helped out so we could begin to enclose our porches. The contract was given to these people in the picture because they seemed most knowledgeable and professional and promised completion within a week. It has now been a month! Quite frustrating but in all things though, we give thanks! God is teaching us a lot of patience and forbearance!!! So we work around them and they around us.  We are extremely thankful that when it rains heavily (as it has been doing almost daily), we don't get drenched now and the students' school books and learning offices stay dry now!  
Using the generator to work as the power has been off and on
Some of my students working hard on their first tests of the year
The iPad/tablets have been a great blessing and incentive to our students to get their work done!!! They don't realize that they are learning through the educational games. Its all fun to them!! (winwin)
Gilead and friends hanging out during opening exercises together
These days have been so busy that by the day's end we are all exhausted and even Gilead just crawls into bed and puts himself to sleep!  It is a good feeling, though! 



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