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| Annie as 'la niña profesora' - the child teaches! |
Since preschool we have had our kids in a local Spanish school, about half an hour out of town, on the side of the mountain. It has been such a unique schooling experience, with great things like hikes up the mountain for a science class or to the little stream, seeing new born baby calves, breathing the mountain air, learning about local plants and animals and everything in-between. I am so glad they have had their early school years in such a stimulating, relaxed and fun environment!
As our kids are getting older, we decided it would be helpful to get them up to speed in learning in English. Evie this year has been studying at our little SIM school for MKs (missionary kids) and Mattias will join her in September for the new school year.
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| MK School hike in Poducarpus National Park |
We have a great team of teachers to take on the task of teaching our crew of Aussies, American, Irish/Ecuadorian, Mexican/Ecuadorian kids. They flex between farenheit, celcius, metric, spelling….the list goes on, they love on our kids, and encourage them in Lord.
Nolan and Terry Purtell have been here for a number of years, Jensine arrived in August last year to come and teach for one year. We are really thankful that the Lord has put it on Jensine’s heart to return for the next school year (if not longer!).
As Jensine transitions from short to long term, she will need to raise her support significantly. Will you pray with us that the Lord will raise up prayer and financial supporters so that she can return hopefully by September? If that doesn’t happen, we will be short a teacher in the MK school and parents will be filling in.
Here’s a link to an article Jensine wrote about her time so far in Ecuador - https://www.simusa.org/prayforteachers/for-the-first-time-in-my-teaching-career-i-am-able-to-freely-share
Let us know if you would be interested in partnering with Jensine in any way!
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