Friday, November 6, 2009

Training Success

We continued to meet with the team on Sunday afternoon and Monday to prepare for the training session . . . basically we were "Training the Trainers" so that our team of nationals could conduct the actual training. On Tuesday we met our first group of potential clients and began the Loan Orientation Seminar. We actually just finished the training today and began working with our clients to fill out their loan applications. The training was much more successful than I expected. Our team really stepped up and delivered a great four days of training.

Kenneth, our Director of Operations (and hopefully future me) was truly impressive and I have a ton of confidence in him as a leader. Our clients have said the training was incredibly valuable and that they have never received this kind of training before. They learned things about business they hadn't even though of before and they now feel empowered with education. Most of our clients can't read or write and have been sparely educated due to the civil war and poverty. We will spend Saturday completing the applications, probably to distribute the first loans either Tuesday or Wednesday.

We still have so much to do to prepare for the ongoing operations of the MFI and make sure our team is ready. I am already very nervous about having to be absent for months before I can return full time. So much can go wrong without a shepherd. Please pray for the this time and that we would have faith in God's provision.

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