Visit to Verrettes

Yesterday, Richard went to visit one of the schools where the pilot project will take place if the Lord wills (Verrettes). This is one of the schools we’re inviting to the soccer ministry training program in December.
He went with two Haitian brothers who are on the UEBH School Committee to evaluate the status of the school. They met with the Director, the Assistant Director and the Accountant of the school. The school has about 300 students, about half of which are partially subsidized by Compassion International. Even with this help, the school is in financial difficulty because most parents cannot afford to send their children to school. The tuition is very low—the equivalent of about $20 US/ month or less, plus the cost of uniforms and supplies. We asked this school to communicate to the other four schools that they should begin the selection process to decide which four representatives they will send from their schools to the training in December.

Bulletin Board by Grace

Before Grace left she did a bulletin board for my classroom. I loved hearing the students comments (before they knew it was my daughter who did it). "Wowwww....!" The Director of the school said that we're taking the bulletin board standards to a whole new level. I love it, because it's like a little part of Grace is still here with me.

We've been studying poetry, so she included excerpts from some poems that have been hanging around the room and some that she liked and she illustrated some of the concepts in an abstract, fantasy-like picture with an antique-y feel to it. Well, a picture is worth a thousands words....