Spring is arriving on the shores of the Mediterranean. Temperatures are warming up a little and the rain is ending. Over the past two weekends, workers have been trimming trees and bushes and planting flowers. The campus really looks nice.
A few weeks ago we received shipment of 54 new computer workstations for staff. We have them all set up now and have been busy cleaning up the old machines. We have placed some of the old machines back in the classrooms for teachers who wanted extra workstations for their students. The remainder of the old machines we offered to our workers at a very low price. They were snatched up as quickly as you would see items in an after Thanksgiving sale in the states. For many, the chance to buy a computer from a retail store would be way to expensive so when we made this offer, it became affordable for them. We have a waiting list for the next round – hopefully we will be able to find some funds to purchase some additional machines for our upper school library.
Last evening we went out to movie and supper with another couple – we hadn’t been out for a couple of weeks and it is nice to get off campus. Traffic was especially heavy as this weekend is the Egyptian Mothers Day Weekend and the crowds were very large. It has been a busy time for staff recently with conferences, meetings and other events and many of the staff have been relaxing in their apartments and trying to catch their second wind before the rush of the end of the quarter in two weeks.
We are very excited as we have guests arriving in less than a week. Pat’s sisters and two of her cousins are making their first trip to the land of the sun. We have been busy making plans for their stay here. We will do many of the regular tourist type things (visiting the Pyramids, touring Cairo, shopping in the Kahn, etc) but we will also able to give them a first-hand look at the everyday culture of this wonderful country. They will walk the streets, ride the trams and taxis, meet locals and enjoy an insider’s view of living in a foreign country. They are scheduled to arrive next Friday inshallah.
