![]() ![]() Secondly, list your high school courses.Optional to rate your abilities in Math, Science, Writing courses.Ask yourself – what letter grades do I receive most often?.Give this your best estimate if your transcript does not give a specific GPA or range.If you are currently taking AP courses, or have taken AP courses for college-level credit, you should tick yes. Advanced Placement is a program for US/Canadian-curriculum schools only.Colleges will reach out to you via email regarding their specific course.Say YES to the Student Search Service! Why?.Requested so colleges/universities can gather statistics for future use (10% of our students are first-generation!). ![]() If you are in your final year of high school, indicated 12th Grade. The other book is The Freedom of Simplicity by Richard Foster. I have been reading it for almost 13 years. Utmost for His HIghest has had the most impact on my spiritual growth aside from the Bible. Name a couple books that have impacted your life. We also just found an excellent Ethiopian restaurant in Nairobi that we love, its called Warka. They have good beef stew and chips (fries). What’s your favorite restaurant in the town where you live?Įvery so often we go to the Kijabe Hospital down the hill to eat at their cafeteria. Learn to trust completely, learn to go to prayer for everything, learn to wait quietly, learn to let go of everything so that you having nothing left to hold onto except Christ Himself. Also, most importantly, continue to abide in Christ. Take steps of faith, knowing God is your ultimate security. If you feel God calling you to a certain place, start moving in that direction. Anytime, things can change and in that we hold tightly to Jesus Christ.Īny final words of wisdom or encouragement to families who might want to leave their home culture and live/work somewhere else?įirst I would say do it! God has mysterious ways of making His will known to his people. We really love it out here but we know it is by God’s grace and provision that we are out here. We plan to stay at least 3 years, Lord willing and possibly more, according to God’s will. Amy and I are dorm parents for 5-6th grade boys as well as teachers, Amy teaches Spanish 4 and I am currently teaching English 10. The students live 9 months of the year at the school and spend the other three with their parents. RVA is a boarding school for mostly missionary kids whose parents serve many different ministries throughout Eastern and Southern Africa. What is your work in Kenya? How long do you plan to live there?Īmy and I serve at Rift Valley Academy (RVA) in Kijabe Kenya, an hour north of Nairobi. Ultimately, if God wants something done, He will make it happen! And here we are! All Glory and Praise to our Lord Jesus Christ! Through out the whole time, we felt that moving to Kenya to serve at Rift Valley Academy was what God was calling us to do but we had quite a few lessons to learn along the way. Somethings happen right away and somethings take a while to develop. ![]() It was also a lesson in acknowledging that God’s time is the perfect time. Also, it was a time of learning to trust in God in any circumstances, easy or difficult. God continually reminded us of His promises to provide when we sought His kingdom first. How did you overcome those fears and take the plunge? I told Amy, “Give me a hut and some goats and we will be all right.” It was fair to say we were familiar with most of the common dangers of going to Africa but I think our biggest fear was, “Is God really going to make this happen?” We sold our house, our cars, and most of our other possessions and there were times when we felt, “God are you sure this is what you want us to do, this isn’t easy!” Those 10 days were some of my most exciting and awe inspiring experiences. In addition, in 2003, I had a chance to spend a Christmas in Ethiopia with Amy’s parents. What fears and real concerns did you have before you moved?įor us, the idea of moving to Kenya was quite exciting! Amy grew up (18 years) in Ethiopia and I always had wanted to live abroad. We have been in Kenya for 5 months, since July of 2012. We now have three beautiful children, Anika (5), Titus (4), and Elise (2.5). We got married in college and waited a couple years before trying to have kids. How long have you been married? How many kids do you have? How long have you lived in Kenya?Īmy and I (Kevin) have been married for 10 years. They’re loving living life in the Great Rift Valley. This family just recently embarked on the overseas living adventure, though their situation is unique in that they are mostly working with people from their own western culture. ![]()
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