Mid-term!

Today marks the half-way point for the LAC 2013-2014 school year! Amazing!



students taking finals

It is a time of transitions and new beginnings not just for the students but for the staff as well. We are saying "Good-bye" to our English Literature teacher Sandra Cardinal who was serving a 6 month term with VMM. She is someone that I met during my training in Harrisonburg back in July so it is sad to see her go since we have been traveling this journey together. New arrivals for short-term service are Elise and Richard Bowman, Lois King, and Betsy and Philip Moyer. Lois and Betsy will be teaching English, Philip will be teaching Biology, and Richard, Physics.

The most popular question of the week has been "How am I related to Phil and Betsy Moyer?" As far as I know we are only related though Christ. "Moyer" is a really common name in Eastern Pennsylvania.  However, they are from my home church, Salford and we have known each other for many years so it is wonderful for me to have them here.

LAC operates with block scheduling with 90 minute blocks and this marks the end of the first semester and we start all new classes Monday. The best news for me is that I won't be teaching this quarter. I celebrated at lunch by opening a bag of Kettle Chips that I bought in London. I had been saving them for just such an occasion. The next few weeks I will be busy with compiling grade reports and updating transcripts. We do not have fancy software like we have in the States that generate these types of reports so I do it all manually.

Tonight we will all celebrate this major milestone with PIZZA. Which honestly is not all that different from every other Friday night. Pizza is something that the Albanians do very well. Now if only they understood Hawaiian Pizza.




"Every day is a new beginning, take a deep breath and start again!"

Out for pizza with Sandra!