I am trying to use my teaching skills in-house but I keep walking into walls. There is no time for the things I want to teach about organizational dynamics, teambuilding, leadership, emotional intelligence, dealing with conflict – I can’t seem to get anything going, neither in the ministry nor in our own project. Despite all the expressed wishes about training and development, when I think I have something organized it gets cancelled, or when I propose a session it takes months to actually happen, if at all. The paradox is that this is why I came out here in the first place.
And so I get my jollies reading Three Cups of Tea with the SOLA girls. Connie brought back no less than 10 copies of the young reader version of this book. We tried it out today after most of the girls got stumped by the rather difficult original version. It was a big hit; the glossary at the end of the book is particularly appreciated.
Axel is stepping up his (volunteer) teaching after we have come to the conclusion that the paying jobs that are out there won’t quite give him the satisfaction the teaching is giving him. I think this is good for his soul, aside from being a good thing for the SOLA kids.
He went to the market to buy some flipcharts for his teaching. What he got represents the most creative translation of flipcharts in local (transliterated) language.
Sylvia's Journal 
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