Tad's Life

Well, what’s on your to-do list?

I’ve just finished jotting down what comes to mind and, as usual, the list is longer than I want to face!

First on the list is to do a drawing, a layout of a proposed youth ministry center. We are making an audacious proposal to the village elders of Ouakam. They are in the midst of divvying up some of the last undeveloped land in the area. We have no money. We have no personnel. But, not wanting to miss an opportunity, we’re going to present a potential project! Clearly this is not my personality. But my teammates have vision and I’m glad to be part of it. Anyway, my role today is to try to figure out how to fit the basketball court, classroom building, office and chapel onto the lot we’re asking for. This sketch is how far I got yesterday afternoon after I volunteered to draw up something for the PowerPoint presentation next week.

Also on the list is to try to make progress on the minutes from the DA Board meeting. I haven’t gotten beyond a draft of Day 1 of the 3 yet. I also need to write up minutes from yesterday’s Long Range Planning Committee meeting. We consulted with the dorm parents about expanding our on-campus boarding facilities. That went smoothly, but I need to get down on paper what was said quickly before I forget.

Hervé and I need to sit with Balla to figure out how to schedule the Discipleship Experience School we plan to start in February. Since we don’t have a separate building for this (a dream and another drawing I need to complete soon!), we plan to house the half-dozen students in a dorm room or two during the three month session. We have to plan this around any conferences or groups that need the dorm, scheduling practicums (praticae?) in the village or short breaks when the Phare is full. That should be a challenge, eh?

Also, I need to work with Hervé and Patrice to prepare for the DA students coming tomorrow. We need to get out enough rakes and gloves and machetes and all that, so they can get to work quickly in the morning. We also need to coordinate a bit, identifying the final list of jobs that we’ll have them do. We got gravel delivered so they can spread it in front of ITES and the basketball court. And the weeds are done growing for this year, but which ones will we have them attack first?

Well, the list actually goes on, but I’m bored of recounting it and if I don’t start working on some of these things, they’ll still be there tomorrow!!

// posted by Tad @ 8:26 AM