As I type, students are crammed onto our front porch, computers on laps, bodies hunkered down on hard wooden benches, eyes fixed on the glowing screens on front of them.

They are experiencing the internet for the first time, courtesy of our home wireless system. We’d like to provide the same thing for the school but the power needs are beyond what is practical or prudent. So the small class of computer students come here, for the first time, to learn what a URL is and to open up the amazing world of internet searching. David is showing them how to find online newspapers, how to buy products online, how to use google and wikipedia and other search forums. It’s pretty astounding to hear him explaining all of this totally from scratch to these 18 year old boys!
Imagine not even knowing what www stands for, or having to grasp for the first time what a google hit actually gives you. For students who have never owned a book of their own in their whole lifetime, the world suddenly opens up. I get so excited thinking about their possible futures, about how big their worlds may be. About all the things they may dream and learn and understand and experience and develop . . . .

It’s a Saturday morning at Christ School and minds are growing, hearts are grasping new hope and wonder and I, well, I’m just happy about it.