Bright, Hard-Working Students (2-11-14)
Across the seven years Darlene and I have been working at
Hope Africa University, we have met some bright, hard-working students. We had three of them in our apartment
today.
One of the Master’s students with whom I (Wayne) am working
is Senior Pastor of the nearby/campus Free Methodist Church and District
Superintendent for 31 other churches in Bujumbura. This morning, Ephraim came to get my final
input on the Questionnaire he plans to use in his thesis on Effective
Preaching. I called in Darlene to help
with some of the research methodology involved…and we “went at it.” I was impressed—even somewhat amazed—how
Ephraim was able to keep pace with both of us.
When he left, Darlene and I commented to one another: he is not only a
good preacher, but very intelligent.
Later in the morning, a graduate of Darlene’s Master’s
program in Nursing paid us a social visit.
Edouard is now employed by the Burundian government as a researcher in
Public Health and currently serving as Acting Director of that department. As Edouard talked with Darlene about
substantive matters in Nursing Education, and I sat by and listened, we both
were impressed not only by his knowledge but also by his analytical and
administrative skills.
The third former student to visit is now the Director of the
School of Nursing at Hope Africa University.
Eric and Darlene have been working daily, long hours, on multiple drafts
of a self-study for the Master’s program.
We see him daily; and Eric never fails to impress us. He is a hard-working young man (perhaps too
hard-working), very bright, and blessed with good administrative skills and savvy. I recently asked him where and how he learned
to be such a good administrator. He
responded, “Just by observing others.”
Can you imagine the satisfaction Darlene and I experience in
having a small part in the education of persons such as these three (and there
are many others)? It is good to be here:
We are fulfilled; we are blessed!
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