A brief update on Micah

Micah has been spending 1 day a week at an Afghan Refugee school. Many of the Refugees here are not allowed to attend local schools. Small private schools have started up to invest in the young refugees as well as their communities.

While Micah was there last week a company donated flour and oil to the school to help with their bread making costs. And our church donated shoe boxes stuffed with gifts for Christmas.

Here are some of the kids participating in an activity.

This little girl met Lydia once and has not stopped asking about her since. So sweet!

There are about 40 students at this particular school. Micah really enjoys being with them. He came home recently talking about the similarities to our experience working at the Children's Home. That particular day he had to repeatedly break up fights between two 8 year old boys. They were cutting each other down by talking negatively about the other's parents. Those "Momma" jokes are cross cultural. But the cut is so deep when it is carries elements of truth in it. Micah was able to talk to each of them alone and ask what was going on. These are the moments we live for (well not necessarily breaking up fights, although Micah has plenty of experience with that from being an Resident Assistant in a college dorm, working at a high school, and a children's home). Conflicts often open up doors to talk of our depravity and our only hope for freedom.

There are a handful of older boys. Micah was there when a group came to do activities with the children, but they did not have anything for the older kids. So, Micah took the boys into another area and spent time with them. They taught him a new game.

This school has a lack of teachers. So there are periods during the day when a class is without anything to do. Micah has become a fill in. They also recently asked him to teach next semester. We are still praying about whether or not to do that.

Micah and Phil visited a University. Micah is considering taking some classes.

He really took the picture of the University so you could see the trees. Aren't they cool!