News from Bahrain

Good Day all,   Here's our latest with some really good news included. We wish you all the best.   Brian & Betsy

Good Day all,   Here's our latest with some really good news included. We wish you all the best.   Brian & Betsy

Johnsons in Bahrain

Please enjoy our latest news. We are looking forward to our trip to Egypt and our Christmas in Germany and Sweden.   Thanks and God Bless   Brian & Betsy

Johnsons in Bahrain

Please enjoy our latest news. We are looking forward to our trip to Egypt and our Christmas in Germany and Sweden.   Thanks and God Bless   Brian & Betsy

Johnsons in America

Greetings all.   Hope your summer is going well. We thought we would put something together to let you all know what is going on with us. If you wish to be taken off our list please let us know via email or on facebook at johnsonsinafrica@yahoo.com.   Thanks   B & B

New year's News

Greetings All,   We whipped up this little newsletter for you all. Hope you like it. We compressed the pictures so it should open easy.   Don B or Carolyn if you would be so kind as to put up a copy for us at RFIS we would be grateful. Thanks   B & B

189 - Betsy and friend at the GULU WALK
211 – Modern US History reenacting WWI Trench Warfare activity
0222 – Modern US History class (post war)

Good Day All,

I thought I would take a few minutes and let you know what's up with us. We are settling in well although we have been very busy with school work. We both have heavy loads and the weekends are a welcome sight.

We are planning to go hiking tomorrow with some friends on a mountain about 40 minutes out of the city or so. It sounds like fun and it will be nice to get out of the busy city. The "way-gookens" (Korean for foreigner) are playing softball again tomorrow afternoon. I went last week and it was fun but the bats kept breaking and it's too much for good ones.

My boy's soccer team is coming along nicely. They are really out of shape but not for long. My speech about how the RFIS girl's team could run circles around them is working nicely to motivate them. First tourney is in 3 weeks in Pusan.

We had hotdogs today for lunch on our foreign foods Friday. They are not very good but considering Monday was squid mcnuggets, sliced lotus roots cooked in maggi sauce, tofu and bean soup and raw fish spinach salad I will take lousy hotdogs.

It has been cooling off nicely this week. It's in the 60s at night and we aren't running the AC at all. It should be fall like until into Nov when it gets chilly.

That's about it for now. I am going for a trek with some other teachers to look at cell phones at 1530 so I better go.

Take Care and God Bless

B & B

Good Day All,

I thought I would take a few minutes and let you all know how we are doing so far. It will be 2 weeks on Monday and it seems to have gone by fast.

We got in late Monday just to find our apartment on the 5th floor with no elevator. Our "penthouse" is nice with 2 bedrooms and a very large kitchen. It is fairly new with a few exceptions but it (and all the apartments apparently) are designed for someone 5 feet tall. The sinks are at thigh level and the light fixtures can really put a knot on your head. We are right next to school and most of the teachers and some of the staff live here in the same building. Not much of a view but I think it will stay warm in the winter.

We started classes last Monday and the first day was tough. I have 6 new classes with some scattered resources but I am making due. Bets has 12 I believe in her grade 6 and it started out slow but seems to be getting better. Her computer keeps crashing on her and without being able to access the server to see her unit plans and such she is about ready to chuck it out the window.

Other than that, we are finding Korean people to be very hospitable and respectful. We don't stand out as much here as in Africa. Shopping is an adventure because many of the labels are in Korean with no pictures. We seem to be doing well so far. I have been to most of the big stores and by big I mean really big. One place called Kuomo World is about the size of a Wal-Mart but 6 stories high. You can get just about anything you would want. I bet there are at least 10,000 cell phones for sale in there. I was looking around with another teacher the other night and he mentioned that there was a KFC in the bus station so we stopped in and I brought some home for our anniversary dinner. Things are fairly expensive here so we are saving some $ to maybe go somewhere over Christmas break. Some other teachers are going to Thailand and some to Taiwan but we really haven't looked into that yet.

We are fortunate to find that there are some really good kids here. I will be boy's soccer coach starting Tuesday and girl's basketball coach starting in March. Betsy will be advising the Model UN Club starting sometime soon.

That's about it. It has been very busy and very hot. 90's with humidity and rain. It should start cooling off soon.

Take Care and God Bless,

Brian & Betsy