17 February 2010

IT’S A GECKO’S LIFE OUT HERE

 


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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