{"id":7777,"date":"2014-02-19T03:07:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T03:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=7777"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:35:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:35:30","slug":"parents-weekend-at-cowman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=7777","title":{"rendered":"PARENTS’ WEEKEND AT COWMAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We survived (and enjoyed!) a busy and GOOD weekend at Cowman School and it was all about the parents.\u00a0Friday night (Valentine’s Day) brought a “Parents’ Night Out” –\u00a0a special meal and program for couples.\u00a0 The evening itself, of course, was the culmination of hours of work behind the scenes.\u00a0 And\u00a0that work\u00a0started several days in advance.\u00a0 A visiting mission team from Erie, Pennsylvania, joyfully put in a lot of hours prepping lasagna, garlic bread, salad and cupcakes.\u00a0 Melissa served\u00a0in organizing the whole process and, of course,\u00a0in\u00a0the cooking as well.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Did I mention how “joyfully” the visiting team\u00a0served?<\/p>\n\n\n

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Being Cowman parents ourselves, we looked forward to the opportunity to sit down to the meal while the Erie team took care of all the serving.\u00a0 In Haitian culture, an event like this is a good excuse to dress up, so we went all out.\u00a0 I even cleaned the mold off my dressiest black shoes!<\/p>\n\n\n

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When we arrived at the radio station, the Erie team was putting the final touches on the tables in anticipation of the arrival of 35 couples.<\/p>\n\n\n

The placemats for each couple had been\u00a0created at school by their own kid(s).\u00a0 In the foreground is Sarah’s work and in the back is Hannah’s.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In the kitchen, the food was readied for presentation … joyfully.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Our principal, Angie Bundy, had lots to smile about, too.\u00a0 This event was her brainchild and the whole thing could not have gone more smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n

The food and company around the tables was impeccable.\u00a0 And all was going well, until my good “friend” and co-worker, James Israel, rigged the selection process for a bit of Newlywed-Game-style competition after the meal.\u00a0 It’s an understatement to say I\u00a0am not one for quick thinking on the spot.\u00a0\u00a0Melissa and I\u00a0lost. Big time. I got into trouble because I couldn’t remember which of us was the first to say “I love you”.\u00a0 (It was me … apparently.)\u00a0 James, for his part,\u00a0enjoyed every moment of my squirming on stage.<\/p>\n\n\n

… and wonderfully on-target teaching (presented in English by Derek and then translated into Creole by James)…<\/p>\n\n\n

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Which was such a GREAT blessing.\u00a0 Apparently, in past years when such training opportunities as this one were offered, few parents took advantage of the events.\u00a0 So Angie went out on a limb this year and required attendance as a condition for re-enrollment for\u00a0the upcoming\u00a0school year, even though she took a bit of flack for it, I’m sure. BUT if any parents\u00a0participated in the weekend’s activities\u00a0grudgingly, it certainly didn’t show.\u00a0 I witnessed – and experienced firsthand myself – only abundant fellowship, laughter and learning.Cowman School exists to\u00a0glorify Christ\u00a0not only by serving our students, but their families as a whole. And THAT is what this weekend was all about.\u00a0 And speaking of glorifying Christ,\u00a0Saturday’s training\u00a0ended gloriously with a new birth!\u00a0 After the final seminar, a mother of one of my students came forward to pray with Pastor Derek and Pastor James and to begin a new life with Jesus. Hallelujah! It doesn’t get any better than that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We survived (and enjoyed!) a busy and GOOD weekend at Cowman School and it was all about the parents.\u00a0Friday night (Valentine’s Day) brought a “Parents’ Night Out” –\u00a0a special meal and program for couples.\u00a0 The evening itself, of course, was the culmination of hours of work behind the scenes.\u00a0 And\u00a0that work\u00a0started several days in advance.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7794,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7777\/revisions\/7794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}