{"id":266,"date":"2011-03-28T11:50:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T03:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/?p=266"},"modified":"2011-04-01T04:47:23","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T20:47:23","slug":"summers-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/walter-spicer\/2011\/03\/28\/summers-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer’s Over"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Sightseeing<\/a>
Sightseeing in Manila<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thursday was the first day of school for us here at Faith Academy.\u00a0 A lot has happened to get this year off to a start.\u00a0 Registration for the high school was the two days before.\u00a0 It was quite a challenge for the principal and guidance counselor helping the students get the classes they wanted and needed into a working schedule.\u00a0 This year was especially difficult due to the lack of staff.\u00a0 There are many \u201choles\u201d in the staff.\u00a0 We are also awaiting the arrival of some staff that are delayed due to lack of finances or health reasons.\u00a0 Please pray for our staffing situation.\u00a0 Walter, as the middle school counselor, was busy with the same challenge, scheduling middle school students.<\/p>\n

We had a great time as a staff the weekend before school started at our staff retreat.\u00a0 It was refreshing spiritually and a great way to get to know the new staff as well as reconnect with returning staff.<\/p>\n

Walter had a good time with Paul and Ben during his four weeks in the US, plus he was also able to spend time with his parents and siblings.\u00a0 It was rough leaving Ben and Paul, but they are both doing well, which is an encouragement to us. \u00a0It is wonderful to see the support they have in family and friends. \u00a0My parents will be taking Paul to college and getting him settled in there.\u00a0 He found out that his roommate is the son of friends of ours so at least there is a connection, even if they don\u2019t know each other yet.\u00a0 The boys will start classes in a few weeks so we would appreciate prayer for them.<\/p>\n

The girls and I had a good time relaxing together and doing some projects.\u00a0 They all had summer reading so spent some of our time doing that.\u00a0 Ashley and Abby went to camp one week and had a great time, Ashley as a counselor and Abby as a camper.\u00a0 Ashley had five third-grade girls in her cabin.\u00a0 She also came back with a souvenir\u2014stitches above her right knee while hiding from the campers.\u00a0 She was found anyways.\u00a0 After Walter returned, we were able to get away to a hotel in Manila and spend some time together, doing some fun things as a family.\u00a0 Our family dynamics have changed with the boys being gone.<\/p>\n

The high school retreat is August 26-27.\u00a0 They go to a camp for those 2 days and have a speaker and activities to bond them together as classes and as a high school.\u00a0 Pray for the student and adult leaders as they plan and for the speaker.<\/p>\n

Thank you for standing behind us in prayer as we serve God by providing an education for the children of missionaries.\u00a0 We couldn\u2019t do it without you.<\/p>\n

In Christ,<\/p>\n

Cheryl for the Spicers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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