In other news, I managed to build up enough courage to ask the pastor of the university church (his name is Gift) to act as a spiritual director for me in the coming months. I don't really know what that will mean, but I hope it is an avenue for prayer, accountability and a sounding board for what I am doing, and where I am going spiritually. This will be a new experience for me, as it feels like a long time since I have been in this kind of intentional relationship.
It is a HOT day today. But, luckily, from what I hear, this is "as hot as it gets in Kenya" - but I don't buy that for a second! This weekend, I am hopefully going to dinner at the missionary compound with an "Extreme Team" type group who have spent the last week ripping phone books and blowing up hot water bottles all over Kenya. That should be interesting, to say the least. From what I hear, I can spend the night there, but whether I go depends on whether I can get back Saturday morning for the Java class I'm taking on campus.
After class I am going to my friend Charles's house to "fix" his computer. I truly hope I am successful as he seems to think I am some sort of guru. Please see the technical support comic posted last month. Also, Charles said that he could probably connect me with someone who can get me a good djembe while I'm here. So djembe in Swahili means "hoe", so when I tell people I can't wait to get a djembe they laugh at me. Maybe for more than one reason! :)
I just read a BBC article about the "major shift" in US foreign politics (Obama halted progress on the building of missle sites in the Czech Republic and Poland) ... Russia is very pleased and their UN representative made a great comment that tickles me:
"It's like having a decomposing corpse in your flat - and then the mortician comes and takes it away. This means we're getting rid of one of those niggling problems which prevented us from doing the real work," -Dmitry Rogozin, Russia's NATO ambassador
I am happy that internet works again so I can keep up with whats going on.
Okay so it's been a fine week. Tiring but fine. I look forward to a day of rest on Sunday.
"It is far more difficult to think clearly and concisely much less cleverly while you are standing in front of a class of students." I'm discovering this too! It's tougher to think under pressure.
ReplyDeletehey Jon, I laughed when I read this. I still have this happen even though this is the 3rd time teaching circuit theory. But it is so much fun to teach on something you learned and then learn it even better through lecturing on it. I hope it continues to go well and that you learn a ton while in Kenya.
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