Category: Proof of the Pudding
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Some local life
The Rift Valley Academy school sits on the outskirts of the small town of Kijabe. Lesley and I ventured down there to do a spot of shopping. This is our local shopping centre: From left to right, there is the Superduka (or supermarket) run by Sarah, where we were able to buy various groceries, and…
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Launch successful!!
Term has started! And I am still alive!! 🙂 Friday saw 63 new pupils arriving, with their parents meeting the staff, and the Head of the Maths Department making sure they were all allocated to the correct course. Lesley cheekily modified the department sign from MATH (note the American influence) to MATH(S). Unfortunately we didn’t…
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Ready for lift off
This week has seen a faculty meeting, a Maths department meeting, a school-wide staff meeting and a Professional Growth in-service training day. I have finished my lesson preparation for the period up to half term, and loaded all the information into Schoology, the school’s Learning Management System. Today saw the arrival of the first pupils…
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Getting serious
We have finished our face-to-face New Staff Orientation, getting to understand the layout and operation of the school. In parallel I have been working through a self-paced training course for the on-line Learning Management System they use. Last week it was a blank canvas, with just a couple of training courses for me to work…
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Settling in (again)
We have spent the past few days settling in to our new home at the Rift Valley Academy. We have been allocated a two-bedroom semi-detached house, with beautiful gardens. Fortunately we don’t have to maintain the gardens, because to boost local employment, we are encouraged to employ local workers for a few hours each week.…
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More transition…
Today is the last full day of our Africa Based Orientation in Nairobi. We have finished our three week programme of lectures, activities and outings. We have learnt something about the early history of Christianity in Africa, of African culture and world view, of spiritual warfare and African art. We have learnt that Africa is…
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Weekend fun!
Last weekend was action-packed. On Saturday morning I was up at 0540 to join several others from the orientation training to go on SAFARI! Nairobi has an enormous wildlife park literally on its doorstep. They had to erect fences to stop the lions entering the outskirts of the city. We spent several hours being driven…
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Settling in
We are about one week into our orientation training here in Nairobi The training takes place at CORAT Africa [the Christian Organizations Research and Advisory Trust of Africa], a Christian hotel and conference centre in the outskirts of Nairobi. There are about 35 people on the training course, comprising a wide variety of nationalities, including…
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Landed
We managed to get everything in our suitcases (some repacking needed over the weekend). After an hour’s delay on the tarmac in Frankfurt due to missing our takeoff slot, we arrived safely in Nairobi. Outside, our taxi driver, Joseph was waiting for us. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (named after Kenya’s first president) looks much like…
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Packing
After months of applications, interviews, training and preparation, booking flights, applying for visas and getting vaccinated, we are almost ready to go to Kenya. Essentially one thing remains to be done : PACKING! Actually, Lesley was already packed a few weeks ago: I still have to get all this : into these: I have a…
Proof of the pudding 