The last few weeks have seen more progress and us as busy as ever around the MOC…
Frances is taking the English School and really running with it! We have been very busy interviewing prospective students to move onto campus starting March 5th. So far, we have accepted two young men and two young women, although we are still in the interview process, and hope to accept one to three more of both the young men and the young women.
We have had HUNDREDS of applications, but we are staying focused on our goals of only accepting the students we believe have the entrepreneurial gifts we are looking for in our students. It has been an arduous process, but one we know will pay off in the long run!
We are due to have our first teacher conference this Friday, March 2nd. We will be holding this one day conference for Musanze’s 15 Senior Sector Education Officers in order to improve their English and build a relationship with them so they can help us recruit the “Head of English” from each of Musanze’s 84 public primary and secondary schools.
By training the “Head of English” in each school, we can help the education of thousands of children throughout Musanze! And wow, would you be surprised by how little English the “Head of English” teachers actually have, but we are determined to change that!
We also said goodbye to Charles last week. He has returned to England and back to life there. We will miss him around the MOC, but hope that he settles back to life in England with ease!
Our new Rwandan chef will be starting here at the MOC tomorrow. Our Executive Chef from the US won’t be on the ground here until late May, so in the interim, we have hired a very well respected Rwandan chef, who will then become Matthew’s sous chef once he and his family arrives. And on that note, we have some exciting news about Matthew, but weren’t sure if we could share just yet, so you’ll have to check future blogs to find out what the big news is….no, REALLY…BIG!!
It also looks like we are going to have to say goodbye to Frasier Crane. He is becoming increasingly aggressive (he REALLY just needs a woman), and although he hasn’t hurt any of us adults, we worry about the kids on campus. We already have Elizabeth, and Matthew and his wife Diana have three small children (20 month old twins and an eight month old – yowsa for them), and once they arrive on campus in May, that will make four small kids running around… not sure Frasier can take all the excitement. Bill Boyd, one of our residents, and a vet, is taking the lead in finding Frasier a good home, hopefully with lots of other cranes, where he will be happy. We will REALLY miss him, and there has been talk of trying to get him a wife here on campus. We are still weighing all our options and will do what is best for Frasier and all the residents here at the MOC! But, if he must go, it will be VERY hard for us! He has been on campus with us since our second day here!
Other than all of that, we are just working ourselves crazy every day… working on getting our next container shipped out of LR by the end of next week! Oh GREAT… another container to deal with… oh what fun THAT should be. SURELY, it will go more smoothly than the last container catastrophes… SURELY!! Although, I’m certainly not going to hold my breath!! I’m afraid if I did that, I might just keel right on over!
This post, I have just included some random photos… the rainy season has arrived here in Rwanda, and the flowers are loving all the moisture.
Till next time… Sowa Sowa!
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| Our new kitchen sink and faucet!! |
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| Health Center |
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| More of the health center... |
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| Prospective Students taking the English Assessment! |
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| Saying goodbye to Charles... |
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| The flowers sure love.... |
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| The Rain..... |
