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Happy New Year

1/3/2017

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As we looked back as a family at 2016, we talked about some of the highs and some of the lows.  There were many of both. Last year when we finally finished language study and settled in here, there was only one other second grader at Tenwek.  And since we were halfway through the academic year already, Eden finished the curriculum she had already started and first grade without any classmates.  

Then over the summer, there were many transitions with lots of other families coming and going.  July found Eden to be the only girl near her age here.  Thankfully God brought more families in by September.  And now, Eden is one of five kids in second grade!!  I know that doesn't sound like a lot, but after spending many long months together at the dining room table, just she and I, trying to get through school, 5 classmates seems like a million....in a good way.

So this morning as I went up the hill to the schoolroom to start back up teaching the second graders again, I thought back to this time last year.  I'm grateful for the lessons learned in the transition of last year, but I'm also grateful for a fuller classroom this year, and all that that means. 
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Jan Wilson
1/4/2017 10:47:34 am

How amazing the way that our God supplies all our needs! The huge smiles are just the icing on the cake.

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    Mike (pediatric surgeon) and Julie (nurse/mother to two) living in Kenya, East Africa

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