It is back to school for the teachers on Monday. The first couple of days will be taken up by cleaning and organising. As it is the dry season, the battle is now against the dust which forces itself into every nook and cranny.
I printed the first visuals of the Reading Rocket reading lessons and that in itself was an adventure. The colour printing of the A3 visuals was the easy part. The only place who did A3 lamination was just around the corner from the printing place, but in a dark and dirty alley. The inside was so small that the customers had to line up outside. I was offered a seat though, but had to draw my feet up every now and then when the space was needed to put something. The lamination machine, yes I have to call it a machine, because it looked ancient. It had dials and switches which the operator enjoyed turning and fiddling with like he was a DJ. I had no confidence in this archaelogical relic to do the job, but of course I was proven wrong. The lamination was perfect. So, I’ll be the first customer on Monday for the next round.
The theme for the teachers this year will be, ‘Building on a firm Foundation’. I feel like we should go back to basics and focus more on doctrinal truths. The endless ‘little encouraging messages’ which seem to be the usual theme, really don’t cut it. People need to be challenged and here the constant battle is the culture. Even as Christians, many people put the culture before the Bible. Please pray for us as we start the new school year. We are concerned about the spiritual life of some of our teachers and how that will affect their teaching and ultimately the spiritual growth of the children.
Dries and I were packed up at the boat, ready to head for home the week before when the tyre that Dries had had fixed the previous day, gave up the ghost with a swoosh. The ‘tyre specialist’ also managed to ruin the spare, which left us stuck at the boat. It was PM to the rescue when he brought us a spare wheel from a friend who has a Land Rover. As we sat all packed up and nowhere to go waiting for PM, Dries also had a look of …well, hopefully not ready to give up the ghost.
Man and his dog having a moment of contemplation…
We are very excited about our visitor from South Africa. Elizabeth will arrive on 8 September and spend two weeks with us to experience the ministry and life on the island. Please pray for her preparation and that it will be a time of blessing and refreshing for all of us.
May you have a blessed week.
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