Friday January 29, 2010

Things are certainly quiet around here with the Wenatchee team gone. Phyllis is back in Eket where the other school is that she is trying to recover from Joe. The last we heard about that situation is the courts want to know the names of the 4 officers that were with her when they went to enter the school grounds. I have a feeling they are n trouble. We feel quite certain that Joe has paid them well to do nothing. He is hoping that we will give up and leave them be. To help you understand why he thinks he should have control, a little background would be helpful. His father was a godly man, and started the Free Methodist Church in Eket. After this, funds from the US built and started the school in the same village. Last April when he took over, there were 600 students in the school. He seems to claim ownership by association. fortunately Phyllis has all the paperwork and evidence that the school is certified separately. This is why all the court proceedings have gone in her favor. It is amazing that he has not been arrested and taken to court. I guess he knows the system and has certainly been working it. We certainly hope this will be resolved by the time I come home.

It is the end of a week, and I have started my one-on-one meetings with the teachers. They have all gone quite well. We are hoping that we can get them to use the school library and all the resources that have been sent here from the US. I guess they are much like us, they don't use what they are unfamiliar with. Both of my group teacher meetings have included presentations of available materials. Ruth, you will be excited to know that the greatest response I had was when I used the cassette player you donated to play a phonics tape. They loved the A, ah, apple...etc. A flash card goes with it, and the tape verbalizes what the card shows. They all laughed and chattered in their own language when that was demonstrated There are enough batteries to get three uses. We've told the team that just left what size to bring so their June team can bring some more.

The weekend lies ahead. I've completed Atlas Shrugged and Come Thirsty by Max Lucando. I'll see what I can find to read during the slow hours after dark and before bedtime..