Christmas in Mississippi

We're celebrating Jesus' Birthday at Bonnie and Andrew's new home in the Magnolia State!

L2R: Nate, Nellie & Loren Strickland, Bonnie & Andrew, G&G

Staff Wedding

Grace and I had the pleasure of attending the wedding of one of our P.E. teachers today!

Definitely a first for me to be asked to perform a service.  I certainly enjoyed the chance to invest in the life of one of our talented young teachers in the "pre-marital counseling".

None of this is on the job description of a school administrator, but healthy relationships are nonetheless foundational for our teachers to be free to minister optimally to their students.

I love this panoramic photo of the wedding reception dinner and especially the beautiful redhead in the foreground

New Applicants

These 18 took their admission tests yesterday, with the hopes of being added to our upper school rolls for the next school year beginning February 6, 2017...

The school continues to grow; we have 240 finishing out this year, and next year's budget is based on a student population of 272.

Granada

We have had Christina Gatti (Asheville Christian Academy Class of 2007) with us for a month exploring the idea of coming back to teach Art and English here in January.  Last weekend she flew home, but not before we had the chance to spend the day in Granada (the oldest city established by Europeans in the continental Americas... 50 years older than St. Augustine, Florida) with her and Samantha Lingamfelter, one of our current staff of dynamic teachers at Nicaragua Christian Academy - Matagalpa.

Christina, Samantha, G&G having brunch at Kathy's Waffle House in Granada, Nicaragua October 8, 2016

Black Forest

The two days of National Holiday celebrations fell on a Wednesday and a Thursday this year giving us a free Friday, so we gave into the urge to drive 20 miles up the mountain to this little retreat center called "Selva Negra" (Black Forest)...

Fiestas Patrias

Two panoramic views of the scene at this morning's Independence Day celebration at NCA Matagalpa... 241 students, about 50 staff members and all the parents who could make it!

Nicaraguan Champ

I know... not a really clear photo, but there was a lot going on.  Grace and I had just picked up one of our alumni from the Asheville Christian Academy Class of 2007 who will be with us for the next month exploring the possibility of joining the faculty of the Nicaragua Christian Academy Matagalpa in 2017. On our way north from the Managua airport, they had blocked off the highway in Sébaco for a telecast of the WBC junior bantamweight title fight between a formerly-undefeated Mexican fighter and the first Nicaraguan to ever be champ in four separate categories: Román "Chocolatito" González... Welcome to Nicaragua, Christina!