The Browns in Bere

This is a short newsletter that we put together to share an overview of our time in Chad. We will be sharing more detailed stories......

Where In The World Are Mikey and Katie? (to the tune of Carmen San Diego)

We take off tomorrow from LAX to Miami to Paris to Chad. We will arrive in the capitol city of N'djamena on Monday and spend the night at missionary house. On Tuesday we will pick up another young traveler and board a bus for an eight hour trip down south to Bere. We are not sure if we will have access to a computer or anything.....so see you in a few weeks!

P.S. It is our one year anniversary!!

Toy Story 3 Birthday Party

We have been dreaming of this party since January when we found out that it was coming out the day after Mikey's birthday. I made a southern style BBQ dinner with a three layer birthday cake for dessert. Mikey dressed up as Woody for part of the night. After celebrating we went to watch the premiere of Toy Story 3. Another great birthday celebration for Mikey!

Mikey Turns 25

Happy Birthday Mikey! I am so happy you were born!

These are the Moments We Live For!

Getting on a plane to Africa...
Accepting your first contracted teaching job...

Watching the world cup with all your friends...

Getting Out the Boxes

Thursday night, after I accepted the fourth grade position at a Christian school in San Bernardino, I took out some boxes. In the study, I put all my teaching supplies in boxes, not knowing when I would be able to take them out. Thursday night was the night. I took EVERYTHING out, took account of markers, paper, journals, things I had bought in anticipation of someday having my own classroom. The study is extremely messy but I can't wait to move it all into my classroom. I have to wait until next week because the current teacher is still there. That would be rude of me to barge in with boxes. I do get classroom money to buy supplies which is a bit shocking considering the circumstances, so I am looking forward to shopping for decorations. I can't believe that I will be a fourth grade teacher. More pictures to come soon!!

Denver to Santa Barbara

Brown Family/ Zach's Highschool Graduation

Elliott Family/Jeffrey's Highschool Graduation