Our boxes that we packed and shipped still have not arrived. Please join us in praying that they get here soon. The grownups don't really mind, but some of Abigail's school supplies are in there and it would be nice if she could have them for start of school on Monday. Thanks!
Oh, and I (Joy) am learning quickly that just because I am getting up earlier, like way earlier because of teacher's week and my morning classes - doesn't make me a morning person. This stinks!
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Let the fun begin
And they're off... Yesterday marked the beginning of the school year for us (teachers). Teacher orientation/workshop week is here with full vengeance. No more sleeping in -- bless the alarm which rings at 5:50am.
In all we have around 61 teachers and staff this year. I have yet to learn much more than their names but I'm sure that will come in time.
We've continued work on the news letter. Our hope is to have it out to all of you in early-mid september.
Not much more to talk about right now.
-knme
PS: since returning Joy has changed her mind twice on the name of our new baby...
In all we have around 61 teachers and staff this year. I have yet to learn much more than their names but I'm sure that will come in time.
We've continued work on the news letter. Our hope is to have it out to all of you in early-mid september.
Not much more to talk about right now.
-knme
PS: since returning Joy has changed her mind twice on the name of our new baby...
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
1st day back: ultrasound & unpacking
Good day today so far (nearly 10pm -- I think I can call it a good day).
We unpacked some stuff this morning... realized we forgot a few things (Joy's new Tim Horton's mug and one of Emma's new sippy cups)... oh well. We'll either get them in December or next year.
Joy went to school to check in and sit in on a couple of interviews.
Maribel had such a huge smile on her face when she was greeted at the door by the kids.
We went to the OB today for a routine checkup -- all is good. Joy is 22 weeks + 1 day and the baby is right on the line for normal growth to this point. We believe the OB is currently looking at 25 November for the surgery but Joy isn't in love with that date for obvious reasons (thanksgiving)...
Kim and the girls brought Snickers and Molly home tonight and stayed for supper. Snickers missed us (we think). Emma was chasing her around all night so I think it is safe to assume that she missed Snickers terribly.
Well, that is all for now...
-knme
We unpacked some stuff this morning... realized we forgot a few things (Joy's new Tim Horton's mug and one of Emma's new sippy cups)... oh well. We'll either get them in December or next year.
Joy went to school to check in and sit in on a couple of interviews.
Maribel had such a huge smile on her face when she was greeted at the door by the kids.
We went to the OB today for a routine checkup -- all is good. Joy is 22 weeks + 1 day and the baby is right on the line for normal growth to this point. We believe the OB is currently looking at 25 November for the surgery but Joy isn't in love with that date for obvious reasons (thanksgiving)...
Kim and the girls brought Snickers and Molly home tonight and stayed for supper. Snickers missed us (we think). Emma was chasing her around all night so I think it is safe to assume that she missed Snickers terribly.
Well, that is all for now...
-knme
Safe Arrival
It is Tuesday morning and we're safe in Guate!
We arrived around 8pm (CAT) with all our bags. In all the trip was rather uneventful. We left our family and went through security. After clearing security we proceeded to McD's to get lunch (to go) and then right onto our plane. We found out that the car seat we brought was not permitted on the plane b/c it was not FAA approved -- which was fine, but the ticketing agent told us it was fine. The gate agent was rather obnoxious to Joy about the whole matter.
We were blessed to arrive in gate D45 and leave out of Gate D43 in Miami. At one point it looked like they were going to change our gate but they decided to bump the other flight to after ours.
We want to extend a very sincere thank you to everyone who helped us during our furlough. It was really awesome to see those we were able to and sad to miss connecting with others. We learned a lot about this furlough so we'll hopefully be more prepared for next year.
From Guate,
-knm/jr/ab/eb/tg
We arrived around 8pm (CAT) with all our bags. In all the trip was rather uneventful. We left our family and went through security. After clearing security we proceeded to McD's to get lunch (to go) and then right onto our plane. We found out that the car seat we brought was not permitted on the plane b/c it was not FAA approved -- which was fine, but the ticketing agent told us it was fine. The gate agent was rather obnoxious to Joy about the whole matter.
We were blessed to arrive in gate D45 and leave out of Gate D43 in Miami. At one point it looked like they were going to change our gate but they decided to bump the other flight to after ours.
We want to extend a very sincere thank you to everyone who helped us during our furlough. It was really awesome to see those we were able to and sad to miss connecting with others. We learned a lot about this furlough so we'll hopefully be more prepared for next year.
From Guate,
-knm/jr/ab/eb/tg
Final Week
Our final week in the States was pretty busy. We fit in a promised trip to Story Land, a family pool day, packing, presentation/potluck at DBC, "back to school" shopping... our heads were spinning.
We realized there were many folks we did not get to see and we're really sad about that. We pray that next year we'll be able to schedule things a bit differently.
-knme
We realized there were many folks we did not get to see and we're really sad about that. We pray that next year we'll be able to schedule things a bit differently.
-knme
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Oh Canada!
For our third full week back we got in the car and started the (long) drive to Chester, Nova Scotia, Canada. We left New Hampshire around 1pm and drove as far as Woodstock, New Brunswick. There we stayed overnight at the house of the parents of one of Joy's college friends.
We arrived around 6:30pm (eastern time, 7:30 atlantic). The girls played a bit and Marjorie's parents prepared a little bite to eat for us. It was a good time and we all slept well. The next morning we got away around 10:30 and continued the drive to Chester.
We arrived at Chester around 6:15pm. Everyone was excited to see everyone (goes without saying, really). We had a bite to eat and relaxed for the night.
Tuesday we did some shopping in Bridgewater. Wednesday we had a huge turkey dinner (my mother must love us a lot to cook in that heat). Thursday we stayed close to home recovering from our tryptophan hangovers. Friday we went to the Atlantic Playground and enjoyed water slides and kid rides pretty much all day. Saturday we went to a local island beach where the kids (old and young) got to explore the water and rocks -- finding star fish, periwinkles, and crabs. Sunday we worshiped and spoke at Chester United Baptist Church and then enjoyed a youth sponsored BBQ. Seriously we packed a lot into that week and the goodbyes were difficult for all of us.
We left Chester early Sunday afternoon and stayed the night at the Best Western of Woodstock -- where we found out that we had forgotten Joy's purse back in Chester. That seemed to be the only thing that really went wrong for the trip so we can't complain at all.
On to the final leg of our furlough.
-knme
We arrived around 6:30pm (eastern time, 7:30 atlantic). The girls played a bit and Marjorie's parents prepared a little bite to eat for us. It was a good time and we all slept well. The next morning we got away around 10:30 and continued the drive to Chester.
We arrived at Chester around 6:15pm. Everyone was excited to see everyone (goes without saying, really). We had a bite to eat and relaxed for the night.
Tuesday we did some shopping in Bridgewater. Wednesday we had a huge turkey dinner (my mother must love us a lot to cook in that heat). Thursday we stayed close to home recovering from our tryptophan hangovers. Friday we went to the Atlantic Playground and enjoyed water slides and kid rides pretty much all day. Saturday we went to a local island beach where the kids (old and young) got to explore the water and rocks -- finding star fish, periwinkles, and crabs. Sunday we worshiped and spoke at Chester United Baptist Church and then enjoyed a youth sponsored BBQ. Seriously we packed a lot into that week and the goodbyes were difficult for all of us.
We left Chester early Sunday afternoon and stayed the night at the Best Western of Woodstock -- where we found out that we had forgotten Joy's purse back in Chester. That seemed to be the only thing that really went wrong for the trip so we can't complain at all.
On to the final leg of our furlough.
-knme
US Visit #1
Wow. We've had a fast-paced stay in New Hampshire (first go-around). We spent the first week frantically packing to get our shipment boxes ready. This entailed going through all our State-side stuff and deciding what goes, what gets kept, and what gets eliminated. Of course this week was one of the hotest I can recall. The garage was registering between 95 to 104F for most of the week.
Once we had finished with the boxes and they were (manually) loaded onto the truck (Thursday) we finished prepping for our yard sale (Saturday). Of course on that day New Hampshire tried to remind us of Guatemala when it had a deluge of rain which flooded Meridian Drive. Ed and Ruth both commented that they've never seen anything like that there before.
Both our first Sunday and second Sunday back we worshiped at Dover Baptist Church. It was great to be there to reconnect with friends and family.
Our second full week back was Vacation Bible School. The kids had a great time. I believe the program had a record turn out of kids. Much hard work was done by many volunteers and we give them thanks.
Our third Sunday we split up -- sending Abigail and Emma to DBC while Joy and I worshiped and spoke at Exeter Community Church. We had a good time there. Immediately following the service we met up with the girls and headed to Canada.
(PS - Pictures will be posted later)
-knme
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