Wednesday, June 17, 2009

An unusual Grandson

I have a very adventurous grandson who believes in challenging himself physically and mentally, with different and unusual situations.

While he was in grade school I introduced him to the game of chess, and by the time he got to the 8th grade, he beat all comers. Then in his junior year,after two years of German class, he chose to become an exchange student for his entire junior year. He attended the regular school and passed all his classes, in spite of the fact that they were all taught in German.

In college he graduated with a degree as a teacher. His first choice was to teach in a high school in Alaska, on the far western coast in a village with limited accessibility, mostly by air. He has finished two years teaching there, and plans to return for several more. This year on his summer break he chose to participate in a charitable fundraiser called Bike and Build. People bike across the country from Virginia Beach, Virginia to Portland, Oregon, stopping 9 times to assist the construction of homes for Habitat for Humanity. He's biking nearly every day for 3 months.

God speed and protect them,
Dr.Ray

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