We did it!

This week was a celebratory week for KICS and our entire community! After 3 hard years of striving for accreditation, and writing many reports and curriculum guides and policies, and much, much more...we were recommended for FULL accreditation by the visiting ACSI and MSA teams! ACSI stands for Association of Christian Schools International, and MSA stands for Middle States Association. This is a huge accomplishment for many reasons, but primarily it gives our school much more credibility in the eyes of parents, universities abroad, and supporters. Our kids can now have access to many more universities and support organizations.

The team visited us last week, and commended us for being a close-knit community that has a common goal and vision to see Christ glorified in the lives of these students. And I agree with them! It's remarkable to see what KICS has accomplished in the few years I have been here; especially since the first year was such a rebuilding year, and no one even knew if there would be a school in the summer of 2009, before we all arrived in the fall. Before they left, they blessed us with this verse from Zephaniah 3:17.

"The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love, He will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing."

What a neat picture to imagine God rejoicing over us in song! Singing praises over us from heaven! Everything is for His pleasure and His glory! :)

Here are a few unrelated snapshots from this week! Enjoy! And thank you for all your prayers and kind words of support!

Reading to our sweet kids in the village

Joy, wearing her traditional mushanana Rwandan dress on Multicultural Day. :)

Sharing our love of reading!

The Korean Embassy invited us to their cultural center, and we met the ambassador and learned a lot about our friends in Korea. David, Lucas, and Jordan even showed off their Taekwondo skills for the ambassador!