First week of school recap...

On one of the last days before we started back at school, we hosted an impromptu dinner with some current and former students after playing football (soccer) in the cage behind our apartment. Lot of fun sharing a meal with some great guys!

In order to increase useable classroom space I removed all the book shelves and storage in the student desk section of my class. Problem is, I am an English teacher...I need places to put books. Fortunately, our maintenance support staff at ICSV had some shelve units that they needed to hang...so they hung them in my classroom. You can see the finished bookshelves on the wall in the last picture of this post. The new shelves give me so much more shelf space that it makes the collection of books seem small!

First day of school!!!

Required "first day of school in front of the door as you head out" picture

Ready for another year...

Our school director "the Guv", and my friend and classroom-neighbor "Joe-verby"...(and a background "drop-in" by a student)

3/4s of the secondary school...Justin is all way in the front corner of the hall

Staff members leading worship and welcoming the students

Class of 2012 (the class we advise/sponsor) during our first homeroom of the year. Looks crazy...but we were able to get everything that we needed to accomplish covered.

Thanks to all of you who have been praying for the us and all the staff and students at ICSV. It is a huge encouragement and blessing to know that you hold this ministry up in prayer.

Comments

Who are these kids at ICSV...

Hi everyone... The first week and a half of school has been absolutely amazing! We have had some great opportunities to begin building lasting relationships with the students that God has brought to Vienna to be educated at the International Christian School of Vienna. Rebecca has been adjusting well to her role as secondary secretary. She is learning quickly the many demands of her new role and is doing quite well in supporting us teachers and the rest of the staff. Rebecca hard at work I have been really enjoying my classes. I have a total of 43 students spread out over 4 periods. The students I have represent 14 different home nations, with many of the students who are "Austrian" are first generation, so they are of other nationalities as well. I have also had the opportunity to begin working with the soccer team...again, many nationalities are represented on the field, truly an international squad. Here are some pictures of the team training at the local club...

and baby makes four...

that's right...our little family will soon become a foursome. We have found out that Rebecca is 6 weeks pregnant! There is definitely "something in the water" as all the families that live within our block have recently had a baby or are currently pregnant. Our baby will be the 6th baby born to ICSV staff in a span of less than a year (first one was born in early November and we will be welcoming our new addition in September). So, kind of unexpected, but a pleasant surprise nonetheless!

The day that changed our lives...

Today (Nov 10) is Justin's birthday. Obviously, the birthday of your child holds a special meaning. Over the course of the last three days, I have been reminded of how exciting a birthday truly is. His excitement reminds me of the excitement we felt in anticipation of his birth, and, I think the excitement that God feels as his children enter into relationship with HIM. Justin seems to think that we will forget that today is his birthday. I base this on the simple fact that he has reminded us no less than 5 times/day since Sunday. I'm not sure exactly why, he hasn't quite been this excited about his birthday in the past; maybe it has something to do with this being the first birthday in Austria...I'm just not sure. But the joy that he carries (and expects from everyone around him) in anticipation of this day is a bit infectious. As many of you are aware, Justin was born in the middle of our senior year in high school. We were so emotionally unprepared (being so youn...

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