April floods...

Tropical wet/dry climate zones experience some awesome floods. Not awesome as in "Awesome, dude! Let's catch the next wave, totally!" More like, "I am experiencing some awe when I look at all the roads around my house, because they're canals." Canals. Seriously.

Lately, we've used our little Rav4 to auto-wade through some new streets, and we've experienced Suriname's only movie theater. What a pleasure! Fortunately, our work down here does not entirely consist of pleasure-cruising (it really is like driving down a river), but we also get some chances to minister, as well.

• The schedule is set for the summer program, as is the multi-thousand dollar budget. The two of us are the leaders, and we'll have occasional help, once or twice a week, as well as a week with Anna, Amy's sister, assisting, which will be wonderful.
• The last quarter of the schoolyear has begun, and for some students, education has become a little like bad athletics: their leaders have to coach them to finish strong. This has been a great chance to get involved in the lives of students in a more personal way.
• Amy's planning a field trip to a bakery nearby for her 3rd graders. They're studying the way businesses work. In addition to the field trip, they'll be venturing into the free market as well, selling some ice cream to the hungry student population.
• Conner's drama class is three weeks away from the production. Some pieces of the set have made an appearance, but only a few. Costumes, which have not been observed yet, are up to the students to bring, so next week, Conner will take a cue from his alma mater and have a "Dress check" pre-performance.

Please pray that everything continues on smoothly. The schoolyear is almost over, and new opportunities will arrive as the situation changes.