A New Day as dawned....

This week has been a very exciting week for me! After 6 months of being understaffed and having to cover multiple positions I was able to start the week with only one job title - Principal of the Mercy Ships Academy. This sounds rather impressive and very grow up. I am excited about this new era and look forward to serving the families whole heartily in this position. As much as I will miss the day to day contact with the children that class teaching brings, I am looking forward to being able to focus on one job rather than being pulled in 20 different directions, feeling like I was in permanent crisis control mode.

We now have 10 full time staff members and 5 part time teachers covering from 3 year old Preschool to Grade 12 - 15 years of schooling. We are starting our recruiting for the 2009/2010 school year and hope to fill all our positions from the start of the year. (The above photo of the Mercy Ships Academy and Staff was taken last year in November in Monrovia, Liberia)