The first official meeting of the 2012 Aurora Teaching Team took place with much fanfare at the Kepko household last night. After fueling ourselves with a lasagna dinner, we distributed team folders and began to talk about the expectations for Aurora missionaries, as put forth by Veronica Walker, the school's director. The first six rules for those who are serving at the school are:
1. Be an example
2. Be safe
3. Submit to authority
4. Work hard
5. Live healthy
6. Be constructive
We also laid out some plans for spiritual preparation, including daily prayer for the children and teachers at the school and for our team's preparations and safety, among others. We are all going to be journaling about the trip preparations, and will continue to journal daily while on the ground in South Africa.
We wrapped up our meeting by choosing some specific roles for the trip and touching on our expectations for school time and leisure time. So much to do, and so little time!! It was a great start!
This Saturday at 8:45 AM will be the Aurora Walk at West Shore E Free Church--together with friends, we are going to walk 4 miles and raise support for the teaching trip. Hope the walk won't be sidelined by snow again, like it was on 10-29!
Cindy
Well, one of the first orders of business was to get the blog up and running, so here it is! :)
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