ORIENTATION WEEK ONE

We have survived the first four days of our orientation tackling such subjects as personal safety, drinking water safety, medical care, education and transformational development.

So to review…. We learned how to safely exist here, what to do if there is an issue and how to work with the nationals without offending them. There are 42 adults in our group with varied amounts of missionary experience. We are all learning from each other as well as from the presenters.

Yesterday some of the teen were asked to tell their stories. We enjoyed their presentations and Julia wrapped up their time. She did very well considering the size of the group and that The head administrator from RVA was in the audience. Once the teens were done, it was time for a presentation on RVA. We were always aware of the purpose of RVA and it’s impact on the ministries of so many missionary families. What we did not know was the purposeful intent to work within the community in Kijabe. We are still astonished to be called to serve with the staff at RVA.

We did have a conversation with RVA leadership about our role. It seems as if we will indeed be in charge of the Simba dorm and nurturing the eighth grade girls. That is about 80% possible and we will not know for another week or so. I was also told that there is a role for me in procurement which will require me to deal with their outside vendors, handle some inventory controls and possibly begin to travel into Nairobi to assist with vendor relationships. WOW! I have some experience in this area but this should be a real adventure! As you can guess, our response is “ here we are, use us!”