The Seminar went well, the people were introduced to many
new ideas that were unfamiliar to them. 12 people attended from multiple
organizations. With 10-yr civil war & Ebola, they are used to handouts. So,
teaching God's principles for business, particularly working to earn money
& taking responsibility for yourself, brought forth great discussion among
the people. We were so glad that Nelson was with us; he did a great job.
Later, for example, when we discussed keeping records, they
balked at that. "People who keep records are seen as stingy, because they
don't immediately share with others."
They are used to having friends, relatives, share chunks of money with
others without keeping track of where the money went. Another great discussion.
They told us honestly, some of these are very foreign concepts to them. And so
it went during the day. By the end they were beginning to see the value of
using God's truths, & many of them planned to either teach this curriculum
to their people or to use it for their own business. We all prayed for each
other.
At the end they gave us a "Power Clap". I wish I
had videoed it but I had no idea what they were doing. They said power clap,
& all the people began rubbing their hands together as if to keep warm. In
fact, that is what they were doing. "Get them really warned up. We want it
really loud!" And then,
1...2...3...CLAP! It was their way of
showing appreciation. We were honored.
Dick and Cathy have gotten safely back from the bush. On the
way out they were in different cars, Dick's car broke down and the one Cathy was in had car trouble
as well; took us couple extra hours.
They are used to it here and no one gets upset or anything, you just
deal with it as best you can. Shows how
very much we take things for granted at home!
Below is a picture of Dick and Nelson discussing possible
causes of the broken down car (the first one) on way to Kenema Village.
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