Yeah, today is the day my son comes home from Ghana!  I taught Sunday School then headed home so I could meet up with another family that had someone on the trip.  We had no problem getting them at SFO.  Of course, they had many stories to tell.  Jeffrey also came home with several knives and a walking stick with a sword inside.  Getting that home was a little tricky.  After a nice lunch at the Elephant Bar, we went home.  Jeffrey gave us a two hour, 400 slide presentation of his trip then went to bed.

So, on the job front, I’m beginning to feel employed, in that I’m working every day, though not for exciting wages.  the question I had to answer before Tuesday, when I start at the High School, is “How does one prepare for a class with no lesson plans and a teacher who is unreachable?”  I decided that the answer must be: “You email the department heads!”  At this point, I have exchanged emails with both the English and History department heads at the High School.  The English teacher also recommended that I get in contact with one of the teachers who is heading up the debate team while this other teacher is incapacitated.  Apparently, MHS has an award-winning debate team at the national level.  I may get a TA from this debate team to help me with the two speech classes.  I have also been promised resources on my first day of school.  I think this will help a lot.  First though, I have one more day in the Middle School science class.  My friend won’t be back until Tuesday.