Namibia Day 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th and 13^th of November

Just as I has expected this week has gone by very quickly. The remedial kids started their testing their week, which will carry on for the next 2 or 3 weeks depending on how well they do. English was on Monday, Math on Tuesday, Environmental Science on Wednesday and today, Thursday was Life Skills. I can’t believe how much testing these kids have to endure every year. Even though they are not long test, just the amount of them is a lot to take in for anyone.

Monday afternoon was spent making lasagna (which between N’Dahafa, Minnie and I will last all week with left overs!)

Tuesday was a frustrating day for me. I was just feeling a lot of cultural differences and was getting impatient with them. Things like the copier not working so we had to handwrite most of the tests for the kids as well as the kids just asking me a new question every couple of seconds, “Teacher, borrow me a pencil!” “Teacher borrow me a rubber” “Teacher, what does this mean?” “Miss, me I don’t understand.” After hearing it all while trying to write the next part of the test myself before they were finished with the first page was just mindboggling. Oh and that plus the extreme heat and humidity we have had this week has not helped!

Wednesday was nice because David and I got to relax in the middle of the day and go to a coffee shop because our morning group ended early and our afternoon group would not be showing up for a couple of hours. The café that we went to actually had a tree in the middle of it. It was really neat and inspiring!

Thursday was another hot one. We are still waiting for the rain to happen because the humidity is just making all the students, including myself sluggish and lazy. That and the fact that they have been in school all day and are either taking or studying for exams as well. We also had Bible Study on Thursday night, which is always another highlight during the week.

Friday was a hectic day with me flying as solo teacher for the remedial program and handing out tests for the kids as well as leaving our teacher’s meeting early to meet with Margie, another fellow missionary from Australia to help me sew the tablecloth I bought last weekend into a blanket! Amazingly enough we finished it early that evening, which was so exciting to me! Now I can bring back a piece of Namibia as well as memories of great fellowship all in that one piece! Another exciting part about Friday was that Sarah got off work early and her and Hannah got to have a head start on the weekend here in Windhoek! Friday night we watched Becoming Jane, not an African movie, but a good quality chick flick! We had a great time catching up and eating our chocolate!

Saturday was spent walking around Namcraft in the morning, looking at all the different vendors and deciding what to bring home. Then we got lunch in the terrace of the craft center, which was very fun! After walking around downtown we decided to stop for coffee in the Hilton, since we had not been in it yet (yes, we have a Hilton in Windhoek!). It was so nice to have a little taste of what some of the tourist experience on the holidays in Namibia. After coffee, we decided to walk towards Minnie’s house in Eros, but not before we made a pit stop and caught up with the Brown’s on their trip to Erindi and Swakapmond! It was so nice to chat with Steve, Pam and Emily about their trip. Afterwards we decided to head back to my house with Emily, Sarah, Hannah, Robert, David, Corrie and Anika (yup, we roll deep!) for the Pilipino night she was having with all her Pilipino friends! We got to eat amazing food and sing karaoke (which is a tradition at their gettogethers!). It was lots of fun and great fellowship!

Today, Sunday was spent going to my last church service at New Song. It was a bizarre feeling because even though I went to the church weekly and had some friends from there I really did not have enough time to really get involved with the church as a whole. This is something that I want to make sure I make a priority when I get back home, wherever I may be living! After church, Hannah, Sarah and I went to Fresh and Wild for our last Sunday lunch and walked home just having sweet talks along the way. I really appreciate those girls and I don’t know what I will do without them! The rest of the afternoon I spent starting to pack, which is still so weird for me! It really will not hit me that I am leaving until after the plane takes off!

Things to be praying for me this week,

-Saying my goodbyes to friends this week, this will be difficult and I am not usually very good with them

-Safety for my trip home and promptness on boarding each flight

-Making sure my words and conversations are intentional when I go home

-Making the Lord harvest whatever seeds are being planted here

Thanks so much for checking in, I will be posting again soon! God Bless!

The Inside of the Tree House Cafe!
Treehouse Coffee House!
The girls at lunch on the terrace!

Enjoying some coffee at the Hilton!

Namibia Day 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62

31^st of October and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th of NovemberPam working with some of the women
Pam and Emily with Pastor Leon, his wife, Julia, and friend Simon
Swakapmond
View in Hostel
Us in the back of the Combi!

This past week went by so quickly! A lot of exciting things took place which always makes the days pass by even faster! Monday was Halloween and at home I am used to sipping on apple cider, doing haunted hayrides and corn mazes and this Halloween looked completely. Well for one thing they don’t celebrate Halloween here in Namibia and second of all, it looks nothing like fall here right now. That has been a little difficult for me because I love the fall so much!

Even though I didn’t celebrate Halloween the way I am used to I got to spend it running, which was a lot more fun than I ever thought running could be. Pam and Steve Brown’s daughter, Emily, is in town for the next month visiting her parents and she runs too! It was so nice to spend the evening getting to know her and fellowship with her and her family!

The rest of the week was spent reviewing with the kids because their exams are all starting next week. Everything from Namibian history, which I have seemed to learn a lot about with the girls, to Math and English review we covered a lot this past week.

Thursday was an extra special day though. I got to go to Osire, a refugee camp up north with Pam and Emily. I have never been to a refugee camp and was so excited to go see one for the first time. This refugee camp is home to people who have escaped many different countries including Angola, DRC and many others. Pam goes up to Osire once every couple of weeks to teach the women up there how to sew. She was asked about a year and a half to volunteer and has been doing it ever since. It is amazing to see how excited these women are to have Pam there. Teaching them to sew has not only given them a sense of self worth but will hopefully amount to helping with income as well.

It was funny teaching the women how to sew because I myself was learning very quickly as I was teaching the women. Another special moment of the day was having lunch at Pastor Leon’s (the pastor at the church Pam helps at) and his wife Tina’s home. They got to share some of their story how the fled the DRC during the war and have lived on the refugee camp for 12 years. They are praying for an opportunity to get Visas to either the US or Canada, but they still have the raise all the support to do this. It is amazing to see their perseverance in such a time like this. Even after 12 years of being there they still have faith that God will provide for them.

We headed out around 4 in the afternoon, knowing we had a long journey ahead and wanted to get off the road before sundown. Well while we were about 45 minutes down the road in the middle of nowhere (might I add?) we had a flat tire. And when I say flat I mean completely deflated, riding on the rim. After a couple of SMS’ to Steve (Pam’s husband) and confusion we had everything handled except could not jack the car in the correct place. After an hour and a half of working on it another bukkie finally drove by carrying a woman just about as dolled up as us seeing if she could help. After she left a couple minutes later she swung back around and said her husband was on his way to help. Of course with the Afrikaaner man came to help it was done in less than 10 minutes making us look like fools, but hey what is life for if you can’t laugh at yourself every once in awhile?

Friday consisted of rain, which was exciting since we don’t see that much here! And I got to meet with a friend, Nangie, from church. It was so nice to chat with her, she is actually looking at majoring in Interior Design as well, but still has to get into the school that offers it in South Africa. After meeting with her I met Sarah and Hannah and David and Robert at Tanya’s house where we watched Hotel Rwanda for “African movie night.” What a powerful story and so close to home! After the movie we headed home to bed because we were waking up early to catch a combi to Swakapmond (the coast) for the weekend!

After catching our combi Sarah, Hannah, Anika, Corrie and I headed westward for our “girls weekend.” It was great to get out of Windhoek and pretty much do everything on a wimp since we really didn’t know what there was to do there or how to get around the city. We stayed in a really nice Hostel called the Villa Weise which was so cute and very inexpensive! About $15 US Dollars and included a hot breakfast! When we got there on Saturday we went Quad Biking in the afternoon, which was a lot of fun! After that we just walked around the town and into a couple of cute shops and along the beach. It was so cold, but Anika and Corrie as adventurous as they are decided to go in the water! I was cold even walking around with multiple layers! After that we headed to the famous “Lighthouse Restarant” where we heard their burgers are sky high. Even though I did not order one of these infamous burgers, Sarah and Anika did and I can tell you they were telling the truth!

Sunday consisted of grabbing breakfast together and strolling around town some more. We found this one shop called Namcrafts which was amazing! They had so many great local finds, perfect for souvenirs. I also found out that they purchase most of their products from Windhoek, because that is where they are distributed out of (can you guess where I am going this week?)

Today is Monday, the start of the last full week I am here. It still seems very bittersweet to me that I am leaving, the time always does seem to fly! Hope everyone is having a great start of the week! God Bless!

Pictures to come....

Namibia Day 57, 58, 59, 60, 61

26^th, 27^th, 28^th, 29^th and 30^th of October

Nice!


Me and Iyaloo
My Afternoon Group with Gloria!

This week flew by, which the weeks keep seem to be doing. I only have 19 days before I leave for the States, the time has really seemed to fly by especially this past month with all the excitement I have gotten to experience with weekend trips/visitors etc.

This week was very exciting with David’s birthday as well as 2 new comers from the states came on Thursday! Wednesday was spent at FHS during the day and coming to my house afterwards and watching Wall Street with David and Robert. Its always relaxing to watch a movie here in Namibia because its like a little taste of home seeing that most of the movies we watch are American made. After the movie we went to a restaurant called Nice for dinner. What’s neat about this restaurant is that it was made so the Polytechnic culinary students could practice their skills in an actual restaurant. Not only was the food delicious, but the restaurant itself was a designers dream. It was very modern, but really emphasized the concept of contrast in lighting. With low light lighting and a table on an island surrounded by water it was just the taste of a western restaurant that I needed this week! We had a terrific time and really enjoyed the entire night.

Thursday at FHS went well, as game days always seem to be a crowd pleaser! Afterwards we went straight to the Greidanus’ house to meet Courtney and Anglea! It was so nice to meet the new faces, but it was also a little bit of a bitter sweet feeling knowing I would have been staying with them in Otjiwarongo. It is the sense of I wonder what the Lord would have done through me if I ended up going there instead? Its so strange isn’t it, knowing that with one little alteration I could have been working in the orphanage with them. (For those who don’t know the background story I was originally assigned to go to Otjiwarongo with Courtney in August, but when she decided to go on full term for two years that delayed her coming for support reasons, because I was going there alone AIM thought it would be best if I worked in Windhoek at FHS.) It was so nice getting to see all the AIMers as well as fellowship and pray for them as well.

Friday was a hectic day as we were putting in the last touches for Saturday’s fun day with the kids. After FHS we went to Mugg and Bean to catch up on emails etc. I ended up relaxing at home on Friday which was much needed R&R time. Its crazy how being in a culture you are not used to can really wear you out, even 2 months in!

Saturday was Fun Day at FHS for the 12 and younger crowd. It was a lot of fun to see how excited the kids were to watch Toy Story 3 on the “Bog Screen” (the center’s projector). One of our co workers decided to make the experience a lot like a movie, everything from the windows covered so it was dark inside to the popcorn and movie aisles the kids sat in. We all had a blast after a little bit of a slow start! Later in the afternoon we got to meet up with Sarah and Hannah for the 3^rd weekend in a row (yes, I know we are extremely blessed!) It is always such a treat to see them and hear their updates from their weeks as well. After watching the Bang- Bang Club on Saturday afternoon with Robert and David, we headed for Naf’s house for dinner with his family, the Greidanus family and the fairly new AIMers which totaled to about 23 people! It was a lot of fun having fellowship with all of them as well. I have to say even though I had an extremely great evening I was a little sad that I was not home celebrating with my fellow Spartans in our first conference championship on both the guys and girls sides! I was so proud of them and wished so much I could be there, but as it is I could not. This is one of the times that being away from home is hard when you know you are missing such an important event in so many loved ones lives! Congrats guys I am so proud of you!

Today was a great day, waking up and getting to go to church with both Sarah and Hannah. I have really enjoyed going to New Song every week. Since a lot of the congregation is filled with International members it gives me a great feeling of comfort as the format is very westernized which is something that I have looked forward to every week. After church we went to Fresh and Wild and enjoyed the beautiful outdoor scenery in possesses. After a great afternoon of fellowship and encouragement we had to say goodbye to the girls for the week as the headed off to Rehoboth.

As I conclude this week and look forward to the next I am praying that the Lord really uses the time I have hear to the fullest. I want to make sure my time is intentional and the way I act around the children is even more deliberate. I pray for the same thing when I go home in the next couple of weeks that I am making sure there that my speech is seasoned with salt and that I am making sure to glorify the Lord for all he is doing through me as well as others! Thanks so much for all the support and prayers I have really been feeling that. Until next time, God Bless!

Namibia Day 55, 56

24^th and 25^thof October

The beginning of this week was very difficult for me as I had little sleep on Sunday night coming back late from an event filled, active weekend. It was also my first day teaching remedial, which is the program at FHS that acts as a formal school for the kids who can not go to school for multiple reasons. Also there is an extreme heat wave going through Windhoek right now and humidity with it as well, it needs to rain! So between all of these issues it mounted for a difficult day.

I sat with girls for 45 minutes trying to explain the ones, tens, hundreds and thousands places and the students still were not understanding. I am not sure sometimes if it is the language barrier, or my accent, or just difficulties in learning or a mixture of all of them. I found myself getting very impatient and irritable and had to pray right in that moment. I just pray that I continue to lean towards the Lord in times of need instead of reacting the way I am naturally inclined to.

Today was a bit of a better day until I came home and realized that my camera lens is jammed so my camera will not work! I am so upset because I am almost home and I really want to be able to take pictures in my last couple weeks here as well as my lay over in London! Hopefully I will be able to figure out how to unjam it this week.

I also received 3 packages from home today! I feel like I always get so spoiled and receive them all at once. This was definitely a highlight of my day, thank you Mom and Mom-Mom for thinking of me!

Something that have been difficult for me during my time here have been noticing the infamous sore on certain children’s skin. Because this is such an HIV/AIDs prevalent country there are a lot of children as well infected with the disease. The external sore is a well known trait for the disease and is seen sometimes on our children. It is so sad to see this because it’s a reminder that the children I am working with do have a lot of difficulties beyond learning and education alone. I just want to continuously remember this when I am getting frustrated with them as well as when I return back State side that these children with HIV/AIDs have a face now and are personal to me!

On a lighter note another adjestment I am still getting used to is when someone says “Wow you’re figure keeps changing, you are looking fuller!” it is considered a compliment. And Yes, to answer your question I have heard this comment this week! Guess I will be running the moment I get home!

Namibia Day 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54

17^th, 18^th, 19^th, 20^th , 21^st, 22^nd and 23^rd of October

This last week has been a whirlwind. Its so weird how when you are in the last couple of weeks in anything whether it’s a semester, a school year, a year it goes by so quickly! This last week I did not do too much out of the norm. Besides work, I did laundry one day, had a meeting about our upcoming trip this past weekend we started the meeting on Wednesday at a restaurant called Wimpy, which I thought was interesting and then after coffee it was moved to Cattle Baron a local favorite restaurant of ours here.

Thursday I had the pleasure of meeting two new volunteers from the Engos Farm right down the road. One of the volunteers happened to originally be from Doylestown, PA which was great to see a face from home. On Thursday we also celebrated Minnie’s birthday at bible study which was fun to not only fellowship, but have cake as well! We have been reading through Philippians in our study and I have really learned how I am so quiet about my faith in fear of persecution and I want to ask for prayer requests that I am bolder in my faith, but in an appropriate and gentle manner.

Friday was a big day as we were leaving for our trip this weekend! Our friend David Ward, from New Song Church helped organize it all and we were so thankful for his help! He even made us our meals during our trip. The trip started on Friday night when we picked up Hannah and Sarah in Rehoboth just an hour south of Windhoek. It was amazing to see all of the mountains just outside of the city limits! So beautiful! After a flat tire fix and dark already set it we finally made it to our camp site. I was a little nervous because there was a rumor going around that since we got to the site so late it would be too dark to set up the tents. I was not a fan of this since I have not only heard from my nervous Mother about all the poisonous snakes located in the Southern Countries of Africa but also hearing all the new stories about scorpions being found in sleeping bags. To say the least I slept in a tent all weekend! It was great waking up Saturday morning and praising the Lord for the beautiful mountains in our weekend “backyard”. Between the mountains, the sunset and the stars in the African night sky (as well as the safety of the weekend) we had so much to praise the Lord for!

Saturday was spent hiking up a mountain right next to the campsite. After a 2 hour hike up and another hour and a half down we had the privilege to swim in a water hole/ creek with a water fall and cliffs to jump into the refreshing water. It was a great afternoon of swimming, showering and reading devotions which Wilko helped lead. “Porkie” what we had for dinner that night was delicious, a stew with lamb, carrots, potatoes, mushrooms and much more! It was especially a treat since most of the weekend we were eating a “man’s menu” of meat, meat and more meat on the brai!

Sunday we set off early on our voyage to Sussess veli waking up at 3:45 making sure we were at the gate when the park opened at sunrise. There we hiked up on of the largest sand dunes in the world nicknamed “Big Daddy.” Pictures do not do this dune justice, but after just about an hour of hiking we reached the top! What an amazing view from the top, well worth the drudge up! Well ok, if the view was not worth it, fake sand skiing on the way down was worth it!

After stopping at the dunes we decided to start making our way back home, taking a small detour to the town of Solitare. There was a bakery there which was quite amazing to me considering we hadn’t seen any sign in civilization in many many kilos. Here we stopped to have the “Best Apple Pie in Town!” (it’s a little humorous considering the town is made up of maybe 5 houses and 20 people!)

The way home was a little nerve racking considering we were on Christopher’s last spare tire in his tiny Volkswagen with gravel roads the whole way home, but the Lord provided!

Thanks so much for your prayers for this weekend, I know a lot of people were nervous, but it was comforting to know the group was surrounded by prayer the whole time! Hope everyone is enjoying the crisp fall weather!

N'Dahafa in my Dad's Camp Shirt Represent!
Robert and Richard with the kids!
The Mountain we hiked up!
Us at The Top!
Our View!

Namibia Day 44, 45, 46, 47

13^th, 14^th, 15^th and 16^th of October

Thursdays are always fun days for me here in Namibia. I get to go to FHS and it is indoor games and puzzles day at the center. I have never been so thankful and so excited to put puzzles together. Mostly my morning group enjoys them more than the afternoon group of the middle school-ers that want to whoop their friend at the newest card game that “teacher” has taught them (the last couple weeks it has been the “spoon game”). But putting puzzles together are so much fun here. Every piece you put together the children are enthralled by, but whenever they put a piece together they call “teacher look, teacher look” a phrase that can either excite you or annoy you depending on the mood and stamina of the day.

This Thursday I had the privilege of hosting Bible Study again with Minnie at our house. This has been a day where I have started making food for everyone who has come. This has been both a really fun and rewarding experience as I am trying to prep my cooking skills for soon to be married life. This week we started our study off by singing worship songs and later getting to talk about Chapter 2 in Philippians which has been a sweet reminder of our reason to be here as foreigners in Namibia.

Friday was the day I was looking forward to all week since early on, Abigail, our boss at FHS invited us to go to the game park at Okapuka Ranch. This establishment was our first trip outside of the city, which was a treat in itself! The Ranch was amazing! We got to go on a safari as well as watching the lions eat. The park was a resort and the restaurant had glass surrounding walls or open airways that watched over the watering hole that a lot of the animals congregated to at night. It was an amazing experience and I was so happy to have so much fun with all my co workers after such a hard week.

Saturday was an early morning as all of us staffers decided to go to Ouema’s funeral. It was very interesting because in this culture the memorial service is the day before the actual burial. This memorial service can last for hours with people sharing stories, singing hymns and a sermon being preached. The burial was the next day and the body is transported from the Mortuary to the person’s home, from the home to the cemetery and a line of cars follows the hearse while it is driving. Abigail explained that the cars go so slowly that people on the street are sometimes passing them. This can take a couple of hours depending on how close everything is to eachother. In this case the processional started at 6 am leaving us to be at the cemetery at 7 am. The burial service was very similar to ours, but a lot of hymns were sung during the ceremony. There was also a time where anyone who wanted to partake got in a line to toss some dirt over the coffin after it was lowered. After this the pallbearers helped cover the body with the dirt that was dug from the whole and completely covered the hole as well as added a mound on top to show where the body now lays. I thought this was very interesting how all the attendants waited until the body was completely covered and the plaque was placed above Ouema’s body until they departed the scene. Afterwards there is a time of grieving at the person’s house, but the FHS staff did not attend this intimate gathering.

It was hard to take everything in after the funeral, but I did have a quick nap before Hannah and Sarah came into town and we met downtown for lunch at Mugg and Bean with Heidi and their two Dutch friends from Rehoboth as well. After meeting for lunch we got to go to a local orphanage in Katutura. It was amazing to see how excited these kids were to be with us. It really broke my heart knowing that a lot of these kids had been in and out of hospitals for medical problems as well as being orphaned at such an early age in life. It was a lot of fun playing with the kids, but very exhausting as all of them wanted to be held at the same time! After the orphanage Sarah, Hannah and I set up camp at my house for our sleepover! As we were deciding what to do Tacos came to mind so as a group we met David at the grocery store and stocked up on homemade tacos with homemade tortilla shells (we could sound very domestic, or I could just tell you the truth and tell you that they do not have either Taco seasoning or shells in the stores here) It was a fun night of cooking and fellowship and we ended the night with a movie called the Kingdom (we had a previous movie, but it was very poor quality and probably pirated, so we exchanged for a new one)

Sunday morning came very quickly, but Sarah, Hannah and I went to church at New Song and had an amazing lunch afterwards at Fresh and Wild! It was so nice to spend time with them this weekend and get encouragement from them as well. It was also nice that they did not have to leave right after church because they were taking the Bus back home. Because of this we decided to watch another movie for a lazy afternoon. We decided to watch The End of the Spear. If you have not seen it, please do! It was an amazing movie about a story of 5 missionaries in Ecuador that would do anything to answer the Lord’s calling and even go and preach to a group of people who killed eachother for entertainment. I know I sound like a billboard, but please see this movie you won’t regret it! The rest of my afternoon has been catching up on emails and reading. I will try to post pictures later this week when I have internet access. Thanks so much for reading and I am excited to see what the Lord is doing in each of your lives while I am away have a wonderful week!

Namibia Day 41, 42, 43

10^th, 11^th and 12^thof October

This week started off very different than any other week here so far. Monday was declared a half day at FHS. One reason because of all the time and effort the teachers put in to make Career Day possible, the second reason was because the floor of the school needed to be painted and this could only happen if the children were not in school during the painting process. That allowed me to go home, nap, catch up on some emails and prepare my mashed potatoes for Round 1 of Canadian Thanksgiving at Robert and David’s guest house.

Aideline, John, Anika, Corrie, Abigail, Anna and I all joined together for Thanksgiving. The menu included Fruit Salad, Boneless Chicken Breast (Turkey is extremely hard to come by in Namibia) Mashed Potatoes, Salad, Rice and Samp and Beans. Talk about an assortment! We had a great time having fellowship with most of the FHS staffers which was a lot of fun and what I felt like I really needed this week.

Tuesday we had the entire day off due to the flooring and an unofficial “teachers day”. Anika, Corrie, Robert, David, Tanya and I decided to explore the Namibian National Art Gallery for something fun to do in Windhoek. After the museum David and I went on a 2 hour adventure trying to find the movie Hotel Rwanda for “African Movie Time” (a tradition we started last week) of watching a movie that took place in Africa and talking about it afterwards, we gave up and decided to just go to Tanya’s empty handed for her Jamaican Sweet and Sour chicken YUM! We had fun hanging out and watching Criminal Minds before heading to the Greidanus’ for Round 2 of Canadian Thanksgiving. After a lot of eating and great fellowship we returned to our separate homes and settled in for the night of interrupted sleep due to the Turkey that Alisa seemed to find in the only store in Windhoek David did not check!

Today was a very emotional day for al of us at FHS. Ouema who has worked in the Kitchen since 2006 passed away yesterday. Not only was the day emotional for the staff, but telling the kids was worse than we thought it was going to be. Ouema was a woman who was loved by many and many of the children at the center looked to her as their own grandmother. She also took care of her own grandson who was orphaned at an early age. I have to say through all the emotion of the day I was very encouraged. A 6^th grade girl in my group, Franscina was so upset about the news of Ouema. I was not sure what to do for her so I just hugged her and scratched her back and finally ask, “What can I do to help?” and she responded, “Do you have a Bible that I can read?” At her age I never once would have turned to the Lord during such an emotional time and it was truly inspiring to see such a young girl have her priorities so straight. Even though the death of Ouema was emotional the Lord showed himself in miraculous ways today like he always tends to do. The comforting thing for us as staff member, the rest of the FHS family and Ouema’s family is that we all know she is in a better place with our heavenly father.

My prayer requests today would just be for Ouema’s family and her grandson especially that only knew her as a caretaker. Please pray for the children at FHS as well and for us as staff members to allow the Lord be seen in amazing ways through her death. Thank you so much everyone and God Bless!