Can it get any better?

Today was an AMAZING day!


We started relatively on-time, and I admit, that culturally, I was the only one who cared! I was excited as those who attended yesterday all came back eager to learn, eager to get started.

I love watching Lorivi teach! Lorivi is a Tanzanian who honestly knows more about CHE than I do, and he has an amazing way of reaching his own people. It is so refreshing to watch him teach and challenge and joke and celebrate with other Tanzanians. Lorivi is a key part of our ministries using CHE, such a key part that we are realizing we need another Lorivi as ministries expand and grow there isn't enough of him to go around!

It is also thrilling to watch the trainees break off into small groups and learn from each other, coming up with solutions on their own, without us having to feed them the information. It gives them great confidence in their own abilities when we pose a strange question to them and they come up with solutions...yes folks...multiple solutions!


It is also loads of fun to watch those being trained teach each other through skits, and sharing of what they have discovered in their small groups. This is fun because in their mind, learning is done with pen and paper, and the teacher just spoon feeds them, to have them encounter and embrace a new style of learning is fun.


I had the last teaching of the day, and I have to tell you I got goose-bumps as I noticed their eyes begin to light up. The lesson I was doing was a lesson of how to go about starting this ministry in their area, and they immediately sat upright in their chairs, and their faces woke up (it was after lunch, we were all looking a little tired up to this point) and as I shared I could feel the energy in the room increase. It was fun. Really fun. It was also really fun to see them understanding and asking, "so when do we start?"

Can tomorrow really be any better? Surely it will be, the entire day we will share with them how CHE can help them reach out to those with HIV and AIDS. It is a day of sharing how they can help transform the lives of those living with this dreadful disease, as well as those who are living with them. Pray for tomorrow, that they continue to get excited, that the momentum would continue to build, and that as we address a sensitive topic, that they would not shy away from the reality of many people suffering around them.