Today is Saturday, and somehow, a CS student I’ve befriended named Graham convinced me to go running with him at 6am in the morning. This is just as its getting light, in Kenya the sun rises around 6:30am all year round. So, I gave running a shot again this morning. Now this time around, I resisted the temptation to immediately swear to myself I would never run again after the misery ended. Because there is misery. Yet I am going to give myself a chance to grow accustomed to it. How stupid is that? Maybe not so stupid. Anyway it is a much better experience when you have a partner to run with, and when you have the sunrise to encourage you home. Who knows? Maybe I’ll come home from Kenya with a penchant for running.
And just for the record, we did not run far. I have little to no endurance, but I pushed myself to whatever sad limit I have. I will definitely keep you posted as to whether I catch the Kenyan running bug.
This was a very eventful week! It was the first week of classes, except that very few students actually go to their first class. On Tuesday afternoon I was asked by the chair of the CIS (Computer/Information Science) department to teach a course called Logic Circuits. There was a conflict with the schedule of their regular lecturer, and I just happened to feel very comfortable with the material! So I now have a small class of 3 students learning basic digital logic. There are no text books for these kids in the book store, so I will be typing up lectures based on a text I found in the library and whatever Dereck Plante is kind enough to send me! It is a lot of work, but very fun and exciting. My initial dream was to come to ANU to teach, which was snuffed by a kind but firm “You simply don’t have a high enough degree!” Yet I came anyway to meet whatever needs I could. Lo and behold I find myself exactly where I initially wanted to be. It’s remarkable how God provides in ways we don’t even expect.
In other news, I bought chocolate peanut butter at the grocery store this week. It is seriously awesome.
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