I stayed at home in Mbarara for a good chunk of February.
I arrived home on Feb 8th and left again on March 2nd. It was a good amount of time to be here and try to get some things established.
The first item of business was to set up a craft group. We met on Thursday (twice), but it's stopped for the moment because of 2 large programs going on here now which are making everyone busy. We managed to make a lot of great crafts, and have a good time too. We sent 36 rosaries with Father Emmanuel to Italy. 20 of them were in Kitange bags, which I made (and taught someone to make) on a foot peddle sowing machine! Once you get the hang of it it's not too hard. It was a fun learning experience.
I had a frustrating meeting with someone at one point during the month. Communication can be incredibly hard sometimes. I don't always know why.
I also did a good bit of one on one meetings with people about their personal vision and mission statements. There was a session of personal scheduling that I ran as well.
I was sick for a few days, so that was a bit of a bummer. I also did a lot of prep work for the upcoming courses that I (gave and) am giving.
It was good to be around the place for a while, though at points I felt shut up in my room. There was a bit of stress that happened the weekend before I left, which made me go take a day at a nice local hotel, just to get away for a bit. It was the first time I had really treated myself "out" in probably 7 months. I needed it.
It was good to try to get some things in place. But sometimes it's hard because things often don't take off or fall apart after a lot of work. But TIA. This is Africa.
I arrived home on Feb 8th and left again on March 2nd. It was a good amount of time to be here and try to get some things established.
The first item of business was to set up a craft group. We met on Thursday (twice), but it's stopped for the moment because of 2 large programs going on here now which are making everyone busy. We managed to make a lot of great crafts, and have a good time too. We sent 36 rosaries with Father Emmanuel to Italy. 20 of them were in Kitange bags, which I made (and taught someone to make) on a foot peddle sowing machine! Once you get the hang of it it's not too hard. It was a fun learning experience.
I had a frustrating meeting with someone at one point during the month. Communication can be incredibly hard sometimes. I don't always know why.
I also did a good bit of one on one meetings with people about their personal vision and mission statements. There was a session of personal scheduling that I ran as well.
I was sick for a few days, so that was a bit of a bummer. I also did a lot of prep work for the upcoming courses that I (gave and) am giving.
It was good to be around the place for a while, though at points I felt shut up in my room. There was a bit of stress that happened the weekend before I left, which made me go take a day at a nice local hotel, just to get away for a bit. It was the first time I had really treated myself "out" in probably 7 months. I needed it.
It was good to try to get some things in place. But sometimes it's hard because things often don't take off or fall apart after a lot of work. But TIA. This is Africa.
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