Episode 35 – The Boarding School Dilemma – Balancing Mission and Family – The Ubangi Academy – Part 2 of 5 – 4/12/25
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<figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-1773">UBAC Class of 1983 – With their parents</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_1775" style="width: 300px;">
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<figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-1782">Ubangi Academy – School building</figcaption></figure>
This is part 2 of a 5 part series, titled : The Boarding School Dilemma – Balancing Mission and Family – The Ubangi Academy. Part 1 shared about the dilemma of serving in missions and family separation of a boarding school for their children’s education. It posed various questions and laid the path forward for this series. In this episode you will hear about the Ubangi Academy (UBAC), located at Karawa in D.R. Congo as a school and dorm environment. This boarding school housed 30-45 kids each year, grades 2 through 12. It was a complex and structured environment with children, ranging from ages 7 to 18. The schedule, rules, pressures, social constructs, expectations for behavior, chores, cultures, and sub-cultures will be explored in detail so the listener can understand the environment of the children that grew up there. This episode also shares about the benefits of being in an environment with numerous other children, games, play time, being in band and choir, school plays, sports and other activities. Also, many deep friendships were formed at UBAC that still remain strong even today. This episode will hopefully provide context and understanding of what it was like for someone living in this dormitory and school environment.
Future episodes will feature the parents’ perspective of sending their children away, followed by kids that attended UBAC and their experiences. The wrap up episode will be the take-aways and how to move forward using our dorm experiences for a fulfilling life. Enjoy listening to what was the Ubangi Academy.
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