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What is New?
FRRC:
Deborah has started a new center for children. It is called the Family
Resource and Recovery Center and it is located on 13th and Missouri, Suite 100.
If you are in Behavioral Studies you should go down and take a tour.
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Current News
Off to Korea
Our son recently (January of 2009) left for Korea to teach in a small
school about 5 minutes from North Korea. We miss him but know God is going to
stretch him and teach him many new things. He will be a blessing to those
he meets and his mom and I will definitely have to go over and visit him.
Update January 2010 - We just finished a fantastic visit with J and Siwon (his
fiance). The pictures at the top of the home page are of them, enjoy.
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Recent Events
My Dad's Book
My father has just finished writing a book and my brother and I finally got
it published. It is titled "How Big is Your God?" and dedicates one
chapter each to the different names Scripture gives to God in the Old Testament.
You can go to Amazon and buy it now, yea!!!! In the search box put the
title and my fathers name - Richard Pettitt. I had no idea how long it
would take to get this done, but we are certainly excited that it is out there
now.
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How can this be my 11th year at Southwestern?
My Christmas break has been filled with many
family activities. I guess that is one thing great about having time
to just spend with family. Our son came home for 3
weeks with his wonderful fiancé from Korea. Her name
is Siwon and she will be a wonderful addition to our family.
The pictures above were taken on some of our outings over the
break. We went up to the Rim and had a great time
sledding and then going to the Strawberry lodge for "hot
drinks". We toured the city and J shared
some of his pictures from Korea. I hope you enjoy the
pictures of our son and his fiancé as much as we do.
Picture for pondering:
- I choose this picture because I wanted to be reminded of this special
young man
every time I opened my website this spring. One of the books I read
over Christmas was about how this amazing young man from Africa built a
windmill to power his family's home. The title of the book is
The Boy who Harnessed the Wind.
- I titled this picture "Ingenuity - I love it".
- Much of the time he was working on this people called him crazy.
What persistence he showed, I hope I can show just a little of this trait
this semester.
- Be THANKFUL for the mind God has given you.
Classes I will be teaching
- Calculus II: This will be the second semester
of a two semester course. The application of math to the world around us
has always been fascinating to me. The second semester incorporates many
concepts, probably the main one being techniques of integration.
- Physical Science: This semester I will be
"skiing over the surface" of 4 basic areas of physical science:
physics, chemistry, geology, and astronomy.
- Educational Technology: OK, OK, I know you have heard it too many times
before but I love teaching this one too. The influence of computers and the Internet on education is tremendous.
I hope all my students when they come out of this class remember "Curriculum should drive technology, not
technology driving curriculum.
A few books I have enjoyed reading over Christmas:
- Strength in What Remains
by Tracy Kidder: This is a book about a young man
from Burundi who survives the Hutu/Tutsi tragedy and comes to America to
continue his education. If I ever complain about anything just remind
me of this book.
- The Boy who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba:
This is another book about an African young man who despite extremely tough
times develops a wind mill to bring electricity to his home. If you
want go to the
TED website and see a 4 minute clip on his life.
- Jesus for President by Shane
Clairborne: I enjoyed reading this one (actually I reread it over the
break), it challenged my thinking.
Afterwards I went to Columbus, Ohio to the Mennonite yearly conference (July
2009) and listened to him speak. Ask me about it and what I learned.
Verse for the semester
- "In everything, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving let your request be made
known unto God."
Flash and Music
- For a little fun with music and flash
click here, the video is about 90 seconds long. Adobe flash is
one of my favorite software programs and it is amazing what the software
can do.
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