We apologize. It has been pretty busy between school, shopping for a vehicle, me getting sick (upper respiratory infection) and then Jake getting sick. However we are still be and alive....and so is the school!
So lets catch you up on what has been going on!
While we had a wonderful time in Peru, learning more about teaching and our English curriculm, I did not have such a great time on the return trip. I ended up getting my tri-yearly upper respiratory infection. It did help however to be able to sleep and rest most of the 48 hours back. The only downside to all of it is because we were in such close proximity most of the time, I got several of the teachers sick plus Jake when we got back. We are still sniffling but for the most part are getting better. A good thing about being in Ecuador and being sick is you don't need a prescription for anitbiotics. We can just walk into any pharmacy and ask for what we need. A little scary but good at the same time.
We had parent night last Tuesday. It seemed to go well. We had about 100-125 parents show up. They were very interested in being involved and helping make the school a better place for their children.
We've had a lot of problems with the vans here on the property and it was getting very difficult to get things accomplished without a vehicle. So, after several weeks of search we finally found a car we like! In fact, we went into Quito yesterday and filled out all the paperwork and drove home with it. Now, to clear things up for everyone. This will be our personal car but it was purchased through funds from Twickenham. So it is technically the school's vehicle. We were very blessed to be able to purchase a nice Ford Explorer (cars here are super expensive, even used ones) that will drive well through the mountains, up the terrible potholed road to the school and it can carry lots of people. Plus it is pretty!
Here are some pictures from the past couple of weeks:
The first couple days of school we had kids working on posters describing what it means to be: Ready, Responsible and Respectful.
Juan David working on a poster.
Erik made a cross.
Pamela hangs the signs in Learning Center 5.
A nice day to play outside on the playground.
The School of Tomorrow Lisoft in Lima, Peru.
Conference in Lima.
Ms. Cathy, Ms. Jenny and Ms. Marcela happy about all the note taking at the conference.
This picture was taken at Jockey Plaza in Peru....just for Jake.
Shopping at the market in Lima.
Driving along the beach in Northern Peru.
Enjoying some fruit smoothies (something VERY common here) on our travels back from Lima.
A statue of Jesus on the border of Ecuador and Peru.
These three sweet girls (Maria, Kaiden and Jenny) made some artwork during recess out of rocks and sticks.
I just thought this was sweet... a couple kids holding hands during recess.
Mr. Hugo talking during Parent Night.
We had a few really nice days here so we had chapel outside.
What a nice view to see and understand our wonderful Creator!
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