So yesterday morning, some folks from the Ministry of Education came and plunked a suitcase full of cash down on our verandah floor. The equivalent to almost $40,000 USD in cash. Yikes. So now we have to spend it! So I've been madly trying to get things together for us to go... stationary, handouts, pens, books, library resources, mosquito nets, clothes... whatever we need to hold a workshop for 35 people for two weeks in a town that may not even have electricity. I can hardly believe that it's actually happening, but it's coming right down to the wire to really get things packed and ready to go.
Please pray for me and Jackie over the next few weeks. We got some big issues to get the participants to deal with. Pray that we communicate and listen well, and that there will be unity among the participants as they work together to figure out how they're going to start implementing the language in education policy in this country. It's a bit frightening when I think about it - the outcome of these workshops are to determine the education system for the entire country! I still shake my head at how I ever got myself into these things. But somehow, God has brought me here and has given us the opportunity to do this sort of work, in this country, at this time...
I gotta go rescue some of my handouts from the printer.
By the way, I have NO idea what the internet situation is going to be there, so I probably won't be able to blog much. But don't worry, you'll probably hear by other means if I'm dead or something :D
2 comments:
WHOA! You go, girl! How exciting!!
I do love Africa. "Here's 40 grand in cash. We'll think you'll know what to do with it. Have a nice day." Says guy with guns:)
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