The good news is we’ve had wonderful rains these past few days. The bad news is the phone lines down the street were blown out by lightning. That’s why I haven’t been able to get online lately. But with the rains everything turns green. The mountains look like rainforests from far off. Out of the dirt sprout these lovely yellow flowers all over the place. And it also brings out all sorts of wonderful insects and critters. :) I’ll get some pics up on my Flickr page next time I’m in Windhoek.
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The Bible study at Okahandja Secondary School started this past Monday. For the first day we just chatted about what kids did over their holidays and I got all the intros. There were two guys, Mervin, the lone 9th grader, and Skelly who’s in 11th grade (his real name is Joseph but he goes by Skelly, as in ‘skeleton,’ because he’s sinny). The three 12th grade girls have apparently been coming for years, Rosa, Yale Marie, and Karina, who reminds me of Shannon back in the day because she loves food. This afternoon we’ll continue in Firm Foundations where they left off last year.
Coffee Bar also starts up this Friday. It sounds quite similar to a Java Jam except without the bands. They’re pretty excited to have another guy to help with security. We’re quite official. Somebody’s bringing us matching security shirts, and Buddy has walkie talkies with ear pieces. Apparently ‘Dance Praise’ is a big hit. It’s basically ‘Dance Dance Revolution’ to upbeat praise music. I’ll have to check that out.
Coffee Bar also starts up this Friday. It sounds quite similar to a Java Jam except without the bands. They’re pretty excited to have another guy to help with security. We’re quite official. Somebody’s bringing us matching security shirts, and Buddy has walkie talkies with ear pieces. Apparently ‘Dance Praise’ is a big hit. It’s basically ‘Dance Dance Revolution’ to upbeat praise music. I’ll have to check that out.
1 comments:
Hi Mike,
Just finished reading all your entries and feel like I am there as I can picture many of the locations and know some of the people. Can't wait to return and at this point it looks like four teachers are coming. Dorothy, Janet (a special education teacher who is certified in sign language), Maegan one of our guidance counselors and myself. Casey says Hi and bye as she heads to Florida to meet up with her Dad to visit some other colleges. Please say hello to Dieter and Joan. We hosted an African get together a few weeks ago for Richard (Italian theme minus the pool table). It was great to see him. We are currently working on our grant to help support our trip so hope to hear about that soon. Have you seen Brenda? If you have, please say hello and I will be sending an e-mail to her soon along with more funds for Armando's schooling. Take care Mike will certainly check back again. Dennise Hayes
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