Classes restarted in earnest this past week after a rather eventful term break. There was at first a trickle then a torrent of students from Thursday the 7th until about midweek on the 13th. I’m elated to be working with the kids again and to see the school come to life. I cherished my break … Continue reading Term Two, Round Two
Tourist or Missionary?
*I started writing this post after being here for a month and I have rewritten parts of it a number of times since then. Difficulty writing this post is responsible for the lack of activity on this page so I expect that I will have for to post from here on out. I am posting … Continue reading Tourist or Missionary?
School Day At MICS
I hope you will bear with me for a rather long post. Let's exercise that scrolling finger! This one will be about the school itself and considering the school is the main purpose of my whole trip there is a lot to unpack. I tried splitting this post into multiple sections but I found that … Continue reading School Day At MICS
A Morning at MICS
I have settled into a role as an assistant teacher during the day and a boarding chaperone and tutor during the afternoons and evenings. I have found a rhythm I am comfortable with now. I'm going to write 4 or five posts about what a weekday here is like with some extra commentary as required. … Continue reading A Morning at MICS
More to Come
I promise! More pictures and posts. Stay connected. Don't turn back.
First Impressions
I'm writing this about a week out of context but I feel that enough of this space has been dedicated to my introspection so far and I should tell you all what I have learned about the place I actually am based on that most dubious source; an eyewitness's account of a culture I am … Continue reading First Impressions
The Ill Effect of Lack of Sleep
39 hours with no sleep took its toll on my body. It was is unavoidable, but a very inconvenient fact that despite my best efforts, I find sleep while on an aircraft utterly impossible. The good reason for this is that every little movement of the constantly moving aircraft is interesting to me. Not because … Continue reading The Ill Effect of Lack of Sleep
Fear and Hope
The first few days were filled with frankly, an overwhelming amount of activity. In my attempts to keep up with logistics and basic housekeeping I missed people's names and important aspects of life here. Joel and Julianne Percy are school's director and head of education respectively and they held a dinner at their home the second … Continue reading Fear and Hope
Travel and Introductions
I have finally arrived in at MICS (Macha Innovative Christian School) in Macha, Zambia after only 39 hours of travel... (more inside)
Paul In Zambia
Over the next 3 months I will be traveling and working in Macha, Zambia as an intern at Macha Innovative Christian School (MICS) and I will be posting some of the edited contents of my journal here along with pictures and audio of the trip. I hope some of you will enjoy the content and … Continue reading Paul In Zambia
Paul In Zambia 