Saturday, August 30, 2008

Hi....

So the fun part - is that we are full swing. Many of the students have returned from home to start a new semester, but many have not come back (about 30) for not being unable to pay all their fees. ABC charges them half the price due to incoming support from the states. So really it costs 3000 dollars to have them eat, sleep and study here for a year but they only have to pay 1500 dollars for that. But many have huge outstanding debts from the previous years that it hard for them to keep up. Anyways just pray that the students will be able to return by next week. I have 2 senior girls who are missing from my class. So it does make a difference when they are in their senior year.

We are chugging along. School great for Nya and she loves her teacher. Her name is Nuala Tricks. She is from England and has been teaching at ABC for the last 3 years or so. Wonderful lady. Nya comes home happy everyday. Amazing. She really has adapted well. In the school there are 310 students now and 30 different nationalities. Amazing experience for her. She has a different type of accents usually with different words. For example - She is calling a trash can a bin now. What next? - a bathroom is going to be the loo....

Well- be praying for us as we are here and missing home these days. Glad to be here but it seems like it has for ever since we have been home. Miss you all and thanks for love, emails, love packages, and support of us as we are here. Love all of us the stauffachers!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks Weezy for the update. We love you and miss you all. It is good to hear that you are in the full swing of things again. We are keeping you before the Lord in prayer and we love you sooo much
James V

Sarah said...

I love that Nya is finding new words and getting such incredible exposure to other cultures...really neat. And your dancing at the wedding...so fun and remember..there are no bad dancers...just ones that think they are good and take themselves way too seriously. Glad to see you enjoyed yourselves, put a smile on with your moves and just loved life with your people. That's what matters. Love it! You are missed greatly too, my friend. Thanks for always being so good to give thorough updates on your life!!

Sarah said...

And I love that even with the time difference I think you and I may have been commenting on each others blogs at the same time!! AMY!! HI!! I feel like you just walked into my living room. Thanks so much for your tender words and prayers. MISS YOU 4 LIKE CRAZY!!