Dan Dixon's Discursive Declamations
Serving God at Rift Valley Academy
It just seems like a couple of days ago I was writing about how I was getting ready to come back to the US on home assignment. Now, four and a half months and 21 speaking engagements later (not counting a week of Child Evangelism Fellowship camp where I helped out and was the missionary … Continue reading My How Time Flies
Home assignment. The newish word we use instead of furlough. Furlough has the image of taking a break and not doing anything. While the daily scheduled has changed, I can assure you that I'm still doing stuff. Home assignment means that instead of being assigned to RVA, I've been assigned to the US for a … Continue reading Home Assignment
Four days left. Today is Thursday. Friday. Saturday. Sunday. Sunday evening I get on British Airways for my flight back to the US for furlough. One suitcase is 3/4 packed, the other one not even started. The house doesn't look all that different because RVA is having a couple come out for just one term … Continue reading Four Days (Counting Today)
Greetings Praying Friends, So last Friday night RVA held it's annual Jr./Sr. Banquet. It's basically prom for our kids. The Juniors choose a theme, keep it secret, then transform Downing Hall into the Banquet that they put on for the Senior class. This year the Juniors chose the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, so … Continue reading The Dreaded Saturday Afternoon Phone Call From the Principal
Greetings praying friends, Well it's been a good long 13 week school term. This week the students are sitting their exams, and getting ready for a 4 week break in school. Because we are a boarding school, we want to make sure the kids get lengthy breaks from school so they can be with their … Continue reading End of Term One
Greetings from Rift Valley Academy, Well a new school year has started here at RVA. Once again I'm teaching 7th and 8th grade Bible, I'm the Jr. High coordinator, and I get to hang out with Jr. Highers throughout the day. So much fun. We have a bunch of new students at RVA this year … Continue reading A New Year Has Started
Wageni is the Swahili word for "guests". It's been great having my parents here as wageni for the past three weeks, but tomorrow they fly back to the US. We're going to go into Nairobi to an all-you-can-eat Brazilian barbecue restaurant to celebrate Mom and Dad's 50 years in ministry, which coincidentally is also tomorrow. … Continue reading Wageni
Well once again I take pen in hand to write a missive. OK, make that take keyboard on desk. This past week was our annual 6th grade safari, where we take the 6th grade class up to close to Mount Kenya to the William Holden Wildlife Foundation Center for a couple of nights of camping … Continue reading Safari, Sickness, and the Law
Every 3 years or so RVA has the privileged of hosting the International Christian Educators Conference (ICEC) put on by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI). This past weekend we had Christian educators from 20 different countries around Africa arrive at RVA for the conference. It was great to be a part of what … Continue reading ICEC Conference
Greetings Praying Friends, I thought it might be a good idea to write a bit of an update on what's going on here at RVA. Actually, not much is new and exciting. The Jr. High girls soccer season is now over. We had a bit of a rebuilding year this year in soccer. We ended … Continue reading Soccer, Interim, and Rain
Dan Dixon's Discursive Declamations 