Sunday, June 15, 2008

End of Year 1 in Hong Kong & Summer






School has ended for the 2007/2008 session. It is amazing to realize that a whole school year has just gone by. A lot was accomplished though. My students did a number of challenging projects and presentations, among other things.
God has been very gracious to our family. He has helped us in numerous ways: financially, health-wise and protection/safety. Alex and Chika have been doing well at school. When the school reopens in August, Alex will be in grade 6 (middle school) and Chika will be in grade 5.

We are traveling to Nigeria for the first part of this summer vacation. We are flying from Hong Kong to Doha, Qatar in the Middle East and then to Lagos, Nigeria. We have about eight hours of layover in Doha, before continuing to Lagos, Nigeria. We will be in the city (Lagos) for a few days, after which we would then travel to a quieter and rural setting in the southeastern part of Nigeria.
Tamari, Alex, and Chika have not been to Nigeria in a long time. In fact, the last time they were there was seven years ago. Alex was three and Chika was two. I went there two years ago though. It will be nice for us to interact with our relatives in Nigeria and reinforce some connections.

The last part of our summer will be spent in Hong Kong taking part in a summer school in our current school. Henry will teach 'Science Exploration '– a curriculum he designed, while Tamari will teach a class of K -2. The summer school is for two weeks, actually 10 school days, each day running from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon. We hope that payment from the summer school will help offset part of the cost of our trip to Nigeria.