One hundred dollars each week. That was the goal my coach and I talked about in our last zoom meeting. According to our number crunching, to be able to teach the fall semester at RVA, I need to gain one hundred dollars of monthly commitments each week, in addition to one-time commitments, between now and June for “clearance to leave.” Impossible. It is an insurmountable … Continue reading Remember…

“Miss Galloway, you’re going to Rift Valley Academy, right?” A sweet freshman walked tentatively into my classroom this morning. It cracked me up that she led with that, as it was the same question she asked yesterday- almost afraid this morning the answer had changed. It turns out, last year she was a student at RVA, and next year she will be again when her … Continue reading “I hope it helps somehow…”

“It’s photo shopped.” My ever pessimistic student declared upon seeing my picture. The giraffes have been my computer backdrop, regularly shown on the projector screen, for two years now since I originally took the picture in Niger, on the trip God used to stir my heart for Africa. This particular day in class, my student and I were arguing about the validity of my photograph. … Continue reading “It’s Photo Shopped”