On this scorching hot day in Amakom on the Lake I'm quite protected from the heat as I work away for hours at my desk. Today and yesterday have been long days in the office, actually it's the most time I've spent in here since our return. Currently we have an administrative intern, Louise Monroe from Belfast, Northern Ireland, for the months of June and July. Hollie Combs is here for the same period for a service internship as well. Rebecca Hillman is here beginning a longer period of serving in multiple capacities. They have been in Twi classes all morning with one brief break where Louise and Rebecca came and chatted a bit.
It's been especially busy as we are gearing up for a season of visiting work teams, their projects, and the logistics of each team. Planning and purchasing takes quite a bit more work here than expected. Louise snapped this picture of me at the desk yesterday as I was working on the projected costs for the clinic expansion which is the building project of the N.Irish/English team that comes in July.
I've also been in touch with Father Stephen McWhorter quite a bit this week since this past Sunday the opportunity was given at two different churches to give toward bore holes and the work of mercy ministries here. A phenomenal response came, so I've been researching now what it will take to fulfill the needs that can be met by these generous gifts. New challenges for the ministry here present new levels of faith.
The boat motor of the government boat we use for outreach recently had to be sent to Kumasi for repairs and it is coming back today to be put in service again. During it's demise the need for the larger clinic boat to be restored and functional was broached - and now funding has come to get it operational again. It will help so much when larger teams are here this summer (the Irish, the Georgia, and the Cincinnati teams) that require two boats each day. The resulting challenge now is that the boat house is not large enough for two boats, so I'm working on enlarging it and adding a storage room (for lifevests, fuel cans, fuel tanks, and supplies).
A days work, and it's only almost one in the afternoon on Thursday (the due date for our baby to be born...will he come today?).
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