May Update 2017

Hello friends and family,
            Happy Spring! This past month has been flying by! What a month we have been having. So, some sad news, at the end of April our school leader’s father suddenly passed away. As a result, she had to leave to take some time off to process her loss and do everything that happens when you lose someone you love. As a result, the two-other staff and I have been running the school. I think we have done a pretty good job considering none of us have any medical backgrounds! One of the school leaders from the school in Hawaii has flown up to help us. It has meant some minor changes but it’s been going really well. Thanks for your prayers as I know it has been our covering in prayer that has helped things go so well!
            The students are doing so great and I think most of them will make great midwives someday. As some of you know I have been taking an online course to teach English as a second language. It has been going well and I have eight weeks left of part one. What I am learning in this class has been helping me in my staffing here in Homer. I am currently getting ready to teach a whole week and the lessons I am learning are helping me to prepare to be a better teacher. God has been teaching me a lot about faith and trust. We have exactly one month left and I have no idea what I am doing after this or where I will be, but God is always faithful and I know he has the best planned for me. Please pray that I will not stress over this and patiently wait on the Lord for direction.
            For my Alaska friends, it was great to see some of you over the memorial weekend. I am not planning on leaving Homer until the last day of June after the school is over. If any of you plan on coming down in June. Let me know!
Be Blessed,
Kylee Nicholas





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