Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Africa Update

I had the chance to talk to Ryan and his parents for a while today through Facetime.  Let me rephrase that... Alaina talked to Ryan for a long time today, and Alyssa and I got to talk to him when she was finally done!  He's finally feeling well rested and I don't think I've ever seen him so excited to teach people how to use computers.  He says the people there are starting from scratch when it comes to learning how to use a computer, but they never get frustrated and have such a positive outlook on life.  Word apparently keeps spreading about Ryan's computer teaching skills, because more and more people show up each day and he keeps adding classes.  I guess they call him "The Professor."  They call Ryan's dad "Grandfather" and stare at him a lot because it's very rare for anyone to live to his age over there.

I'm assuming this is Ryan driving one of the buses.  Scary thought - especially since they drive on the left side of the road over there.


Knowing Ryan, he'll have these kids put down the soccer ball and start playing baseball before he comes back


"The Professor" at work



Ryan did get to help out with building one of the two playgrounds today.  He said the kids climb on it faster than they can build it!



1 comment:

Kute by Kari said...

Love the updates. Cant wait to hear about the looks Mike is getting.... keep pics and stories coming