FEBRUARY 18, 2009
School for 3 days—and tomorrow is Thursday and we have no school on Friday! How wonderful is that! I like it! Saturday is a short day, so I am liking the day on Friday.
Unbeknownst to me, my blackberry quit receiving/sending messages Monday night—so I didn’t have one message all day yesterday—and I was really wallowing in self –pity. I thought, yep, they have forgotten me! But last night Melissa helped me figure out what to do—and it started working again. Hooray!
Dr. Theo, his wife Marge and their granddaughter Tameka (whom they raise) are having to leave the country Feb. 28—they learned this yesterday—so they have 10 days to pack and leave. Their visas were denied. They have been in missions all their lives, and have no home to go to. Sarah (Scott-my principal’s wife) is their daughter—and she said they received numerous emails yesterday afternoon offering them places to stay—so they are going somewhere in the states and get Tameka enrolled in school for the rest of the year.
My roommate Joy is going home March 31 for the same reason—visa denied. And Erin, who lives across the hall with Wilma, is having the same problem and may have to go home also.
The school needs teachers so badly. Today Kristen and Erin were sick—and Mr. Mustafa had an emergency and had to leave—there are no substitutes, so we all just cover classes or Shane takes them. Makes such a hardship on everyone…and the kids don’t get the instruction they need.
This morning I broke the coffee pot, so after school Wilma and I ventured out to find one. We were blessed to get the last one on the shelf at THE HAPPY FAMILY store…THEN…we went to George’s—to eat. We had a huge Greek salad (delicious) and a huge serving of the best Lasagne I’ve ever eaten. It had seasonings I didn’t recognize—except it had a bit of cinnamon, I think. Anyway, we brought home enough for tomorrow night, so I’m a happy person.
Tonight is Bible Study, and it is almost time to go…it is daylight longer here, so that is good. Also they are knocking down the wall in our neighborhood—soon there will be no checkpoint—and all that cement stuff will be gone. That is good for us. But they closed the West Bank Wall—and we lost one teacher who cannot come in now—a first grade teacher. Also several of our students have difficulty now getting to school.
I ask that you please pray—for my family, for Jerusalem School and for all the happenings around us. Thanks for your interest and prayers and emails. I love them!
Love
Beth