Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Sierra Leone, west Africa

Our first missionary experience "in the field" is turning out to be harder AND better than we could have imagined.  We spent today assisting another team member with his training of local interviewers who can interview former recipients of the LDS Charities chairs.  Tomorrow we'll start our real work as Kim begins to evaluate Clinicians on how well they are using the skills of Assessment and Fitting that they were trained to do 6 months ago and I will be evaluating the wheelchair assembly and adjusting skills of the Technicians.  Internet access is poor and the weather hot and rainy even though the Rainy Season is over, but the PEOPLE are beautiful and wonderful.  We feel blessed to serve them.

5 comments:

Call me Mimi said...

So glad you arrived safely and hit the ground running. No new news here. All is fine and though we can do it on our own, we still miss you. Mom and Dad are fine. I will let them see your message. Love you two a lot, Linda

Lincoln Farrell and Marilyn Barlow said...

Found your blog by mistake - I think you forgot to tell me you had one -- so glad you do - I'm a follower - Safe Journey!

Adri said...

Can't believe you are really in Africa! And, I can't wait to see pictures and hear all about it! xoxo!

Kami said...

We missed you at Grandma's 88th B-day lunch. So strange not to have you there! But, your family was well represented with Clayton, Ann and Brynne! So fun to see them. Gwennie held up three fingers to tell me how soon Gram will be back! :)

Laneea said...

So fun to hear about your missionary service. You are both so amazing. You are missed but we are blessed because of your service. Love you

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