So it’s been a little over a week now since our volunteer training crew from Portland has left. It seems like forever and a day since they were here; so much goes on in each and every day at the Centre that we are just worked and worn out by the evening.
Our crew consisted of 7 wonderful women: Jorie, Laurah, Shari, Angie, Laurie (or is it Lori?? I really should know!), Sheila and Connie. Each woman came with their amazing “real world” talents and gifts and then also just the gifts of friendship, time and a lot of doting on our kids. What a treat for Eli and Lucy. They really truly had their emotional gas tanks filled for the first time since our move here. I don’t think that Ian and I had realized how busy and distracted we had been in trying to get all of this up and going….until we saw how they content they were after full days of loving from the ladies. I am so thankful for that gift from them!
With all of that said….I was a horrible picture taker. I don’t think that I took a single one. The ladies more than made up for it, and I think there will be some amazing videos and photo collections from the trip…but just not here.
You can go to megan steele’s blog www.megansteele.wordpress.com and find some pictures of our great volunteers though! They organized, cleaned, taught, listened, taught, fed, hugged and in general gave hope to each and every one of us here. They were gracious and walked with our local women to their homes, and endured conditions that would make most Americans cringe. The women will never forget the mazungus we came to their homes and listened to their stories. An amazing gift.
I would encourage all of you who have even just a little tugging at your heart to come over and experience this….to….do it! It is a blessing for us, and for you.