Back to Nimba

After proclaiming I would never make the long trek back to Nimba County ever again, I found myself on a packed bus headed towards Yekepa less than a month later. My position at Ricks Institute has changes this period.  Instead of teaching language arts to 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th grade I am only teaching 6^th grade and I am working with the juniors and seniors on career development/resumes/college applications and all that good stuff. I am excited about this move. I enjoy working with the older students and this way I am able to continue my never ending quest to be as most like Gill Bosonetto as possible.

            Two other teachers and I took a group of seniors to visit the Africa Bible College in Yekepa. It is a beautiful campus with modern technology and buildings and the students were very excited to be there. We stayed for one night, climbed Nimba Mountain in the morning, and then came home. During the tour they mentioned that one year of school, including tuition, housing, meals, and books would cost $900.  I wish Harvard would be more like ABC.

I taught them that it is necessary to take a cool jumping picture when you're on the edge of a mountain.... this was the best we got. 

This is Nimba mountain at the site where they used to get all the iron ore before the war. 

They showed the students how much fun college is by giving them the chance to get on facebook.