One eleven eleven.

It is international “Thank you” day today! So David and I and our local baboon spokesman would like to take this day to say “THANK YOU!!!” to all our prayer partners, supporters, friends, and family around the world. You are our legs and arms, we would not be able to be here without you.

New Year!

We are back at school! Classes have not resumed yet, but we are back in teacher training and class preparation. Adam and I spent some time today in the second grade class. The desks and chairs are empty ready to be filled with smiling faces, the walls are bare ready to be filled with art projects, and we are ready and eager to teach!
I am absolutely excited about the upcoming year. I have so many ideas! In art class we are doing a school wide rendition of Starry Starry Night, in Geography we will have passports that we stamp as we adventure through the seven continents, and in Science class we will learn to make our own soap!
Keep your eyes on this space!!

We still feel our hearts being drawn to church planting and the desperately under evangelized North. It has been quite a journey to get here, and to get to what God has in store for us. We are still not sure what that is, maybe a church is Windhoek? The area in Katutura is sorely underchurched and the churches that are there are… different. We visited one that charged for baptism, and one that took up an offering from a grieving family during the funeral. There are broken hearts, lives, and people all around us.
Keep praying!

Also it has been raining each day for about three or maybe four weeks now. Our plants are thriving! The rain smells wonderful, the world around us is green, and at night we get to fall asleep to the sound or distant rolling thunder and the sound of raining sifting onto the roof. God is good!

Project 52

The 365 (taking a picture every day of the year) project is very popular. I have been thinking of jumping on that bandwagon, but I think I already post way too many pictures on here 🙂 I recently learned about Project 52, this is only taking one picture a week. If you are interested in joining click here. Every week a new theme will be posted. This week it is “around the house.”
Join the fun, and show off your photography skills!

Whoosh!

That is the sound of the December break flying by! My parents are on their way back to South Africa, and preparation for the new year is in full swing. Our staff and teachers are making their pilgrimage back to Namibia after spending time in countries throughout Africa.
We are looking forward to our first January at the school. David is working hard on streamlining the way the school runs, and preparing for the classes he will be teaching. I am working on my Art and Health classes. There is always something that needs to be done! Our one year mark in Namibia is quickly approaching.

In the last week it has been raining almost non-stop here. It is an absolute blessing! The landscape around us has been transformed, who knew Namibia could be lush? We pray that in the same way it has been raining here God will pour His blessings on you in this new year. May 2011 be a time of joy and refreshing for you! Please prey the same for each one of our ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT students, especially pray for the 20 new students that will be joining CHS this year.

Things that go bump in the night.

These beauties can run up to 10mph and they like to follow you around to stay in your shadow to get out of the sun. I am not sure why it has a white fur coat, why it has so many legs, what on earth is protruding out of it’s mouth, why it’s creepy little eyes are staring,or why I got so close to it to take this picture.
Now excuse me while I run away screaming.

Voorspoedige Nuwe Jaar!