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New Start!

Something Luke and I were not anticipating before we came here was writing an entirely new course to teach!  At one of the fieldworker meetings it was suggested that a new approach could be taken when we advertised for a new course.  This time, our main focus is on English words which are taken from topics in the Bible but can also be used in everyday life. We begin our lessons by teaching new words to the students, giving them the meanings and putting them into sentences or some other activity.  We finish the lesson with a passage from the Bible which includes most of the words they have just learned so they can put it into some sort of context.  We are teaching the same lesson each day but at four different times with an extra lesson on Saturday and Sunday where Luke crams a whole week’s worth of lessons into two sessions. Introduction Session (with some of the dormers) We began the course with an introduction session for all the new students on a Sat...

Goodbye David and Anna

Friday Night Farewell Dinner David and Anna left us on Saturday, 28 April after being here for nine months.  Toward the end of last week the BEC was even busier than usual with people dropping by to say goodbye to them and wish them well on their journey home to New Zealand via Vietnam.  The work they have done here has been fantastic and they will be missed. Some of us gathered together at the BEC for a meal on Friday evening and some also came to the BEC on Saturday to see them off.  They managed to squash into a tuktuk with all their belongings to be taken to the bus station on their way to Vietnam.  We hope they made it there safely and still in one piece! It's a tight fit in the tuktuk! Thank you David and Anna for the work you have tirelessly done over here.  Luke and I are also very thankful for the time we could spend with you learning to take over here at the BEC.  May God’s blessing be on you both as you adjust to life awa...