Coming Home (3-15-14)
We are completing our work at Hope Africa University, and
getting ready to leave. This final week
has been full: we have been part of many important meetings and events. That is satisfying. But we are weary, and ready to return
home. (As usual, we “leave it all on the
field” when we are here. If we were
long-term faculty, we would have to pace ourselves better.) Thanks for your prayers on our behalf: they
have sustained us.
Among the activities of the week…
Yesterday Darlene successfully defended the Masters of
Nursing program before an external board of evaluators: PTL! (She began working on this project the day we
arrived 7 weeks ago, and it was only fitting that the defense and approval
should occur on our last working day here!)
On Wednesday, Wayne accompanied the Rector and Vice-Rector (President
and Provost) in presenting two proposed PhD programs to the highest official in
the government Commission on Higher Education.
That same day, he served on the jury for two of his Masters in Theology students,
both of whom successfully defended their theses.
On Thursday, we both made a day-long trip with the Rector to
the Kibuye Hope Hospital campus, where Wayne was involved in a high-level
Oversight Planning Committee chaired by the Bishop. We then toured the campus and hospital, where
currently we have 11 construction projects underway.
Our work on behalf of HAU will continue as we return home. Wayne has several phone calls to make, and a
teleconference next week. Thursday
afternoon, while she is in Rochester, we will be meeting with Barbara Rose, VP
of the Friends board. Our next Friends board
meeting, which Wayne is preparing, will be in Spring Arbor April 10-11. So the beat goes on…
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