Almost Ready

We are just days away from finishing our new house. The last few weeks have been filled with purchasing last-minute construction materials and interior details. We had originally planned to move in this weekend but it will be about two or three more weeks until the final details are finished.

In the meantime, we will stay quite busy. Liam is leaving to Mexico City for a week with our students that will be participating in HACIA Democracy, a model-UN-like activity organized by Harvard University with approximately 400 participating students from schools all over Latin America.

Immediately after HACIA Democracy, our school will undergo its reaccreditation visit through ACSI, with the added factor of us applying for accreditation through SACS CASI. If any of you are educators, you understand that this has meant endless hours of work throughout this year in completing our self-study report and preparation for the visiting committee. Even though Jessica is no longer a full-time teacher at NCA, she chaired the steering committee and single-handedly compiled the work of all of the teachers, administrators and school personnel into our self-study document. Our household will certainly breathe a sigh of relief once this process is complete.

And immediately after that sigh of relief, we will proceed to our mission conference with Christian Reformed World Missions. Although we both know that the retreat will be enjoyable and good for our growth, it comes at the tail end of a very busy six months.