Yes, it really is in the middle of nowhere out here! If you don't believe me, come for a visit! hehehehehehehe!
Well, we have had two full weeks of school, and it has been good! We have 84 students total and plenty of teaching staff. Although we could use a basketball coach. We still need a full-time maintenance man. We haven't had one for two or three years, and it is starting to show in the buildings. Thank God, we have a bus mechanic, Ranson Tom.
Including Ranson and his wife Lula, the school cook, all of our staff from last year has returned except Jessica Williams, who is in Columbia teaching at a Christian school in Bogota. We have two new teachers, Kelli Wilson and Solomon Sun. Kelli is the first grade teacher and Solomon is the fourth grade teacher. Kelli is single and comes to us from Kansas via Emmaus Bible College. Solomon is married to Sarah and they have a very precocious daughter, Eden, who is two and a half. They come from Dubuque, Iowa. Solomon also attended Emmaus. They are finding their feet and enjoying their students. More importantly, they are fitting in with us "old-timers." I think Sarah is also enjoying the adventure of full-time missions; Eden certainly keeps her on her toes. Ruth Bloom continues to do our booking for the mission. Man, what a never-ending task! God bless her for it!
Some of you already know that John Bloom, principal and friend, will be in Washington September 15 or something to talk about the mission at various churches. That Saturday night he will be at Chehalis Gospel Chapel. If you're ineterested in meeting someone besides me from IM, go. John is an excellent speaker. I'm sure he'll have current pictures of the mission with him, maybe a powerpoint slide show. For more information on that, contact LeRoy Junker. If you don't know him and want to go, let me know and I will send the particulars to you. I definitely encourage you to check it out for two reasons: accountability for me ( Am I telling the truth? WHO KNOWS…just kidding. Of course, I'm telling the truth!) and a different, more experienced and wiser view about the work of Immanuel Mission. If you want more, go to immanuelmission.org.
Well, I need to go. Talk to you later, love, megan