Woody first sent in the following:  Janice & I are in Aberdeen, MD.  She has retired once (teaching)...now tutoring.  I'm at the Maryland State Department of Education. (26yrs).  We have 2 kids, Benji is 33 & Grace 34, 2 grandchildren, Solomon-13/Alexis-8.  We were in Gbarnga at Gboveh High School and later moved to St. Theresa Convent in Monrovia.  Janice and I continued in education. She taught High School English and social studies and African History at the Community College,.retired for 5 yrs. and decided she needed to get involved in the educational reform movement and jumped headlong into Middle School.

Janice later filled us in with the following:   When we returned I was home for about six months. Then I taught Middle School for three years in Bel Air, (15 miles from Aberdeen in a small community called Hickory), then High School geography in Aberdeen, my home for 3 years. Later, History, U.S. History, World History and African American History as well as Language Arts in Havre de Grace, Md. (about 3 miles from Aberdeen).  I stayed there until I retired in 1996. While at the high school, I worked at the college in the evenings teaching African/American History. I loved it.  I had been working part-time as Administrator of the Bible College. I graduated WWWM School of Ministerial Training and Bible. This was in New Castle, Delaware. When I retired I went to work there full time. I loved it.  I worked there 2 1/2 years.  Then I came home.  I did not work for a year. Then Sylvan Learning Center and Baltimore City. Now, I am trying to get back at the college or Baltimore County.  Presently, I am tutoring at Sylvan Learning Center in Bel Air, Md. four nights a week. 3:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. usually.  I love my job. I only have two or three students an hour.  The last year and a half, I taught Middle School in Baltimore City.  It was rough to say the least. Much has changed.

Woody has been with the Maryland State Department of Education since we returned. He had taught in Baltimore County but that was before we left to go to Tennessee, where he graduated and later taught at MeHarry Medical College and Texas, then Liberia.  Woody has also gone on mission trips. What a great learning experience!  He has traveled all over the USA with his job doing workshops.

We also have a radio program two days a week until we can get sponsors. I have another plan in the work involving students, churches, and citizens.

Through my church, Victory Christian Fellowship in New Castle, Del., we went on many missions trips. We have been to Nigeria numerous times, traveled to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Europe, Japan, Hawaii, and a few other places.  It has been great. I am ready to go again.  If I could I would join Peace Corps all over again and may when Woody retires.

Ben (Benji) is an ordained minister, works with the youth in the Rock Church in Baltimore.  He also ministers at the prisons. Woody and I are also, ordained and Woody teaches Bible every Friday for three hours in Baltimore County, Towson, Md. 

Grace, our daughter (adopted in Liberia) will be 34 in October. She lives in California. Has lived in Virginia, San Antonio, Texas, Guam. Californian now for 3 years. She graduated from college with honors. She is still attending. Grace has a son, Solomon 13 and Gabrielle Alexis 9 years old.  They were all home this summer for two weeks.  It was fun but very busy. They went all over. New York, Virginia, New Jersey and everywhere they wanted.  They had a good time.

We have had many foster children.  They were good to have, always a challenge. All are adults and on their own. We had three other girls here with us from Liberia, also.

I have been the President of out local branch of the NAACP.  Woody also was once president here.  I am running for the same office again.  I am also writing 3 books. (Woody laughs at this .) In any case, I hope to be finished by the middle of 2002.  Will let you know.