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Hillcrest International School is serving the needs of expatriates. It is nestled on a lower slope of a 7,000 foot mountain and overlooks a large lake. Approximately 150 students from all over the globe attend HIS. They are the children of translators, jungle pilots, seminary teachers and Biblical experts. Also included are children of diplomats and business people. The mission statement is HIS is to "provide a biblically based education for the children of Christian workers and other international children enabling them to successfully function in all aspects of life.
Mike teaches all the Middle School students beginning in grade six.
This year there are 12 in the beginner band. The students move into the Middle
school band during the seventh and eighth grade years. Then, as they reach the
high school years, band becomes an elective. Often students find they want to
take band, but cannot due to scheduling limitations. In order to meet this need,
Mike teaches some of his high school band members after school. About a week
before the concerts, he puts the two high school groups together.
In addition to teaching instrumental music, Mike is often asked to teach classes
for which a specialist has not been recruited. In the past, he has taught middle
school language arts, history, and high school speech. This year he is teaching
Bible on the high school level. The courses are titled Old Testament, New
Testament and Apologetics.
The middle school band performs at its mid-semester concert. There are about
twenty students in this band. Because the population of the community is always
fluid, the instrumentation is rarely the same from year to year. Mike does most
of the arranging and composing for this band.
At the present time, Mary leads the Middle School Chapel Services on Friday mornings. This semester, Fall 2009, Mary has been leading the students into a look at God's thoughts toward His people. The study began with a review of God's personality and is now looking at living the Christian life every day. During the spring semester the students had an overview of the Old Testament. They had seen how God has been calling His people into a relationship with Him through the examples, lessons and precepts of the Old Covenant. Another job that Mary performed was as a substitute for the high school english teacher who needed to be off the island for a few weeks. Mary ministered to the high schoolers by teaching 9th grade english, 10th grade english and American Literature. Mary accepts only limited jobs due to uncertain health problems. Her stamina is diminished and she suffers from frequent headaches and a series of seemingly unrelated infections. The latest of these was a kidney infection. Please pray about this, but also pray that while for many days she doesn't have stamina to physically do something, that the time will be put to good use by Bible Study and pursuing sedentary interests.
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Mary's Job
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