The 2009/2010 school year has started, and in fact, we are more than one fourth into the school year. Both Chika and Alex are in the middle school now. As usual, our first semester is loaded with many activities – spiritual emphasis week, camp, Fall Festival/Walkaton, and of
course, the Week Without Walls.Our middle school chapel theme for this year is “Transformed”, essentially looking at how God transforms mankind through salvation in Jesus Christ. The elementary school chapel theme is “Be a Servant” encouraging kids to serve others and is modeled after Jesus who washed the disciples feet to teach them about this important charter trait.
The school camp went better than last year’s. The camp involves all teachers and students in the secondary. Last year we had had a typhoon that disrupted and shortened the camp from three to two days. This year’s was better in that we had fair weather and three days. There were numerous events including ropes course, archery, soccer, swimming, treasure hunt, tug of war, and capture the flag, among others. The boys got to sleep in a cabin with other boys and had a blast, eating too much junk food, and staying up too late.
The Fall Festival and Walkaton are twin events held on the same day. They serve as a fundraiser for our school. The school is focusing on raising money to give tuition assistance to ICS families that are struggling financially.
The Week Without Walls program will take place in about two weeks. Henry is coordinating the
trips for the middle school. This year there are 12 trips in all, some local within Hong Kong, and others international. Alex will be going to Yangshou, mainland China (on a trip that has some service – he and other students, will be ‘teaching’ kids in Elementary schools English, and some fun – hiking, rock climbing, mountain biking, caving, etc), Chika is going to Malaysia (on a recreational trip that Alex went on last year, so it came highly recommended from a reputable authority), while Henry will be going to the Philippines. Well you might ask, “What about Tamari?” She and Flora, our helper, will be in Hong Kong enjoying themselves in the absence of the boys.Our family is well. God has been helping us.
