Reflections on the Ground

We get the impression that the fierce battle being waged in the spiritual realms is going well lately, and that reflections of it can be seen on the ground in Central Asia.

- I began to pull around a car that was stopped in the middle of the road in KTown for no apparent reason. Half way around, I noticed that there was a new traffic light installed and he was WAITING for it to change!

- Property ownership is determined by the rule of the jungle more than any reasonable set of legal rights. This makes it an almost impossible environment for investment. The International School would be able to attract investors, but alas, there is still no legal respect of property rights here – especially those of Christian foreigners.

- The International School has become an essential fixture in the KTown landscape anyway, even renting adjacent land from multiple owners. Yet another class graduating this year; it’s getting to the point where it’s becoming hard to remember what happened in which year. The “Old Timers” who remember the first year of the USAID grant are becoming fewer and farther between. The home office continues to find and send first rate replacements for every teacher that wants to leave. We will have a new preschool teacher next year – Hamroz Drew!