We teach at Rift Valley Academy, an international boarding school on the edge of the Great Rift Valley in Kenya, East Africa. RVA has a student population of nearly 500 students, and is one of the largest boarding schools of its kind in the world. We serve the children of missionaries, nationals and diplomats, many who live and work in very remote areas which have no access to any kind of educational options. This means that we have students from 22 different nationalities attending here. Although RVA is staffed by AIM missionaries, the school teaches the children of many mission organizations. The school operates on a year round basis, three months of school followed by one month of vacation, designed to give the students and their parents quality time together.
Our primary responsibilities here are as teachers. Matt teaches 7th
and 8th grade math, Kristy has been teaching 7th and 9th grade English
and working as the English Department Head. However, since we are expecting
our first baby in September, Kristy’s responsibilities are going
to change. Next year she will remain department head and be a part of
our accreditation/curriculum team.
However, since RVA is a boarding school, there are also many opportunities
to be involved in student life outside of the classroom. Kristy is also
involved in the Drama department. She often does costumes and makeup for
the high school dramas, and during second term has directed junior high
dramas which they put on for the elementary school. With the baby coming
up, all this may change this year.
Matt is part of the activities committee, which means he plans and usually
helps to run many of the Friday or Saturday evening activities. With a
school of 500, it is important to make sure our students have things to
do! Matt also serves on the video preview committee that watches and rates
all the movies that we keep in our library for student viewing, and teaches
an 8th grade Sunday School class on Heaven and Hell during second term.
We both have opportunities to share in chapel as the Lord leads, and since
the students are around campus 24/7, we have many opportunities to have
students in our home to read comic books, and eat or just hang out.
To learn more about the work Matt and Kristy are doing at Rift Valley Academy, contact them at:
Kristy and Matt Faber
Rift Valley Academy
PO Box 80
Kijobe, Kenya
East Africa
www.rva.org
If you'd like to write to Matt and Kristy via email, please contact us and we'll share the email address with you.
