This week has gone rather quickly which is great as I
have been quite busy with my work. Training of the new students has gone quite
well and they are both sharp students who caught on quickly to the work. If all
goes according to plan I will finish my work between the 15th and 20th of March
leaving me 1 week to train the students on how to work the system. Already I
have started issuing books on the system so that the students can get a feel
for the system and to train the mindset on how to use the system. Last week I
had a meeting with the cleaners regarding the cleanliness of the building and
it was agreed that 1 of them would come on alternatives days to sweep the
building as I am not happy with the amount of dust that is floating around the
books.
This was evident on Friday when I went on a cough fit
because of the dust which is lying on the books, a clear sign that it was never
cleaned before I arrived here. Saturday also saw a thorough cleaning of the
library which has a lot of spider webs under the desk and on the wires, with
dust also sitting on the computers. On Thursday the power was off almost all
day and this gave my arms a well-deserved break from typing and staring at the
computer screen all day, the power was supposed to be off on Saturday as well
which it was not and this allowed me to work in one of the backrooms where I
found a lot of books stacked away in boxes and sitting on bookshelves in
another room gathering dust and providing a haven for fish-mots to go about
their business off destroying the books.
I spend the rest of the morning cleaning the 2 rooms
and dusting off the books. I have now organized for a lady to come in and clean
the shelves and the books so that it can be preserved for use at a later stage,
these books in the 1 room turns out to be duplicate books of those that we have
on the shelves already. The books in the other room are books which has been
donated to the school but was never processed something that I will start
working on soon to ensure that staff and student has access to the latest
books. I am thinking of possibly coming back next year to finish off the
project as I feel that the only way to short the library out completely and for
it to function properly is to come back for an extended stay and sort it out
once and for all. An idea going through my head is to go home at the end off
March sort out my affairs at home and do fundraising which will allow me to
stay for a year or 2. Hopefully with enough funds available to me I can study
in the field of missiology through correspondence.
If you would like to know more or feel that God has
put something on your heart for me to listen to please feel free to contact me
on +255682060971 or houties@live.com . Please remember this in your prayers. On
Thursday as I was moving books from the shelves a Gecko appeared from one off
the books, I guess we both got a bit off a skrik and as it landed on the ground
I tried to kick it but it still managed to get away from me. Gecko’s it seems
have a free rain in and around people’s property and they are everywhere some
big others small, colorful the whole works. It is not all hard work for me as I
do get a change to socialize with the folks around me, this part weekend I went
to 2 parties and spend Sunday evening playing card games with the regular gang
of 4.
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