The staff has returned from holiday and the kids are back to school. The 2nd term has begun. Vera and Uschi have done an amazing amount of work on our new school during the break and it now is beginning to fully resemble a functional education facility. All is well at MYO.

Alison Holmes has joined us from Canada and will be implementing a science program for our students. Liz Michael will travel over from Cincinnati and will join MYO as a teaching assistant. Myself and 15 others will be traveling over in June to attend the grand opening ceremony and lend a hand to those who have worked so hard this year to help us realize our dream of building our own facility.

The Rotary International Grant money has shown up and we have now ordered our new office and classroom furniture. Julian has returned from his tennis coaching course in Windhoek and Paulina and Ndeshipanda have returned from their tour of South Africa with the Namibian National Tennis Team.

Fiona Kerr, the program manager for MYO's Youth Sponsorship Program, has initiated a new campaign drive to help us get over 80 new sponsors before the end of this year. That consistent funding is critical to our long term success and there is no better way to get engaged than to sponsor one of our children.

Since we founded MYO in 2003, I have averaged 3 trips over each year. At no time have I been more excited than I am for this coming trip. No only am I being accompanied by 15 friends and family, but for the first time I will get to see our fully functioning facility-- a dream 5-years in the making.

More to come. Check back. Sponsor a child. Spread the word.

PEACE - Rob