{"id":6765,"date":"2012-09-13T01:39:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T01:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=6765"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:35:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:35:56","slug":"checking-possibilities-at-emmaus-biblical-seminary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=6765","title":{"rendered":"Checking Possibilities at Emmaus Biblical Seminary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had the opportunity yesterday afternoon to visit Matt and Stacey Ayars at the Emmaus Biblical Seminary just down the road 30 minutes from Cowman.\u00a0\u00a0Mine was a fact-finding mission:\u00a0 I was interested in finding out how I might be able to contribute to the incredible ministry happening at EBS if I could split my time between Cowman and EBS once our family moves to Haiti.\u00a0 I was encouraged to find that a split seems very doable.\u00a0 At Cowman I will be teaching\u00a0Language Arts\u00a0to grades 7 through 12 and overseeing their work on other online classes.\u00a0 Right now there are only 4 students in this category (the principal limited enrollment this year since this is experimental and I was not able to be on site full-time yet), but even when enrollment goes up, the\u00a0Language Arts\u00a0load at Cowman will be very manageable.\u00a0 And the online curriculum oversight will be something that requires little extra effort.\u00a0 Discovering what this part of my job here would look like was one of my main objectives for coming down for these two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/100_3288-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cowman School in the early morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Matt Ayars, who is President of EBS, picked me up at Cowman yesterday and drove me to campus.\u00a0 He explained how each class at the seminary meets for a single two or three hour block once a week for 12 weeks.\u00a0 There is demand for youth ministry courses and for extra English language classes that the school is currently unable to staff.\u00a0\u00a0A Friday language tutoring time could also use extra instructors.\u00a0 There&#8217;s even a need for one-on-one English writing guidance for a couple of the Haitian instructors on staff who are currently working on extending their degrees through an English language program.\u00a0 All that is to say that\u00a0when Matt drove me\u00a0back to the mission grounds (after a fantastic Mexican meal\u00a0with a frosted cake for dessert), I\u00a0was feeling like I could legitimately split my time between Cowman and Emmaus in the future and be a help at both.\u00a0 I see Christ very actively at work both places and it would be a privilege to serve Him in both contexts.If you have a moment, you should check out the Emmaus website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebshaiti.com\/#!home\/mainPage\" target=\"_blank\">ebshaiti.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/100_3285-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Ayars family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had the opportunity yesterday afternoon to visit Matt and Stacey Ayars at the Emmaus Biblical Seminary just down the road 30 minutes from Cowman.\u00a0\u00a0Mine was a fact-finding mission:\u00a0 I was interested in finding out how I might be able to contribute to the incredible ministry happening at EBS if I could split my time 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