We have a long term break this August because of the Referendum. There will be five weeks between Term 2 and Term 3. These "holidays" are some of the busiest times for me. I don't have to be at school from 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., so it is nice to have a change in the schedule and scenery. But our 90 secondary students all come back from their boarding schools and our football club also becomes much more active as the children have more time during the break.
This week I have had the mornings free to catch up o
n some things at home and on the computer. In the afternoons we have been training our football club with 33 girls practicing for three hours and around 15 boys. It is fun to look around and see 50 of our youth running around, staying busy with positive activities, developing their God-given abilities and staying physcially fit. During these school breaks many of the local youth find themselves getting into trouble because of all the time they have on their hands. We also use the chance to impact these kids lives spiritually, academically and socially. And I can't tell you how good it feels to see these young ones improving their skills and learning to play together as a team. Once a coach, always a coach. We have several tournaments coming up in the weeks ahead.
The 8th grade class at CGA is taking a field trip to Nairobi next week, August 9-13. I will be going along as a teacher and as a driver. The students are excited to see so many things
they have only read about in a textbook or heard their teacher explain in class such as Parliament, the High Court, Kenya Railroad, Tea Plantation, Airport and so many more things. It will be an experience of a lifetime that these 24 students will never forget. Pray for their safety as they travel to and from Nairobi. Pray also that as they leave Mbita, that they would open up even more and share with their teachers and that their lives would also be impacted spiritually at the same time!
This week I have had the mornings free to catch up o
n some things at home and on the computer. In the afternoons we have been training our football club with 33 girls practicing for three hours and around 15 boys. It is fun to look around and see 50 of our youth running around, staying busy with positive activities, developing their God-given abilities and staying physcially fit. During these school breaks many of the local youth find themselves getting into trouble because of all the time they have on their hands. We also use the chance to impact these kids lives spiritually, academically and socially. And I can't tell you how good it feels to see these young ones improving their skills and learning to play together as a team. Once a coach, always a coach. We have several tournaments coming up in the weeks ahead.The 8th grade class at CGA is taking a field trip to Nairobi next week, August 9-13. I will be going along as a teacher and as a driver. The students are excited to see so many things
they have only read about in a textbook or heard their teacher explain in class such as Parliament, the High Court, Kenya Railroad, Tea Plantation, Airport and so many more things. It will be an experience of a lifetime that these 24 students will never forget. Pray for their safety as they travel to and from Nairobi. Pray also that as they leave Mbita, that they would open up even more and share with their teachers and that their lives would also be impacted spiritually at the same time! After coming back we will have two weeks of remedial teaching for many of our secondary students in the afternoons. The primary school students will also be coming for full-days of remedial teaching for two weeks. The "holiday" will end with a week of reunion for all of our secondary students where we try to encourage them spiritually and academically before they return to their various boarding schools.
It will be a busy August, but I am excited about what will be taking place. Many opportunities for God to work through me to impact the lives of these young ones so that we can see God's Kingdom Come to this place.
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