First week of school...

Here's our first day of school photos! Pictured are Professor and Madame Matt, Lily and I and Matt and our insane cat Bundy.

We had a great first week! It is SO good to be back in the classroom, and we're having so much fun working with our students again. Two students we lost returned on Friday having found some "cob" (money), so Stacey's class is back up to 15! Matt spent a lot of time this summer putting all of his Hebrew lessons into power point, and is now using a projector to teach each class...his guys are loving this, as that it's the first class they've had with power point.

I have some great men and women in first year, several with obviously genuine and joyful spirits, and all of them anxious to get their hands on all of the knowledge and training they can. My little sister started teaching 5th grade this week in inner city Chicago, and so we know that having classes that are "hungry to learn" is a rare blessing!

While the school year is just beginning, I need to start looking for a substitute that might be willing to teach first year English from November 10-December 10th. If you've been looking for a missions opportunity and this sounds like something you might be interested, please send us an email! Taking a month off teaching to have Lily is going to be difficult, but we're trusting the Lord's going to line someone up to share in this awesome blessing of teaching at EBS!

We're spending the weekend getting ready for the next week, Matt's working on his masters, and cleaning house! We need to clear some space for the baby, and are going to put together some boxes for the long list of people who are in need of some extras right now.

Storms are supposed to be coming later on this weekend, but our biggest prayer request would be for southern Haiti. Not only have they seen a lot of devastation and even several deaths from the hurricane, but many roads, bridges and homes between here and Port-au-Prince have been wiped out. This is causing a fuel and supply shortage in Cap-Haitien, but causing those in the south many more issues. Please keep praying! Thank you!!!

We are so thankful for this opportunity we have to share our lives with these 50 men and women at Emmaus! I'll have a student body picture up next week!