Mondays with Allee

And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross.  Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth Philippians 2:8-10      Although not the same Christmas buzz as I’m used to back home, there is definitely excitement in the air here in Bukoba.  We will close the school on Thursday and boarders will depart on Friday morning.  With exams finished and revisions made, the students are spending their days catching up on late work, reading their final library books of the year, and playing with friends before they leave each other for the month-long break.  The staff are writing their final reports and the wedding committees are tying up last minute details so that everything is in order before they, too, depart for home to prepare for Christmas with their famili...

Then he took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.” Mark 9: 36-37 Final exams have started here at KEMPS, which means the end of the school year is drawing near.  Following Tanzanian Independence Day this Wednesday, we will review the exams with our students and tie up any loose ends before closing the school on the 17th.   It’s hard to believe that I’ve already been at KEMPS for a year because, really, I haven’t.  I arrived in February and taught for only one month before returning home from the middle of March to the end of July.  That’s why it is especially amazing for me to see the progress that my students in fifth and sixth grade have been able to make in such a short time.  Both grades are reading, writing, and comprehending and levels much higher than their own, and both have grown thei...