A little rain can't stop us!

Last night was a beautiful stormy night, it was the loudest storm I have ever heard. It was beautiful and maybe a little scary(for me) to watch the lightning light up the Liberian sky and the Thunder roar.

In the morning we headed back over to REAP to begin the first day of our project management seminar which Tony lead. It was wonderful to see many excited familiar faces and many just as excited new faces. After starting the seminar, it began to rain heavily outside and it was very difficult to hear Tony speaking. We decided to first rearrange the tables to be closer to him, but it still was very difficult to hear him. We then moved everybody into a much smaller room. It ended-up being a very good intimate setting for the seminar. Tony did an amazing job sharing his skills and passion of project management with the attendees and us as well. The attendees were so eager to learn more that when Tony would suggest a break they would request to keep going.

During lunch we prayed for the rain to die down and for the attendees to really get involved during the rest of the day. The rain cleared-up enough to hear Tony without him having to yell and there was great involvement from the attendees! We did an activity where each attendee had a partner and they sat back to back while one partner described the shapes and the other tried to draw the exact same shapes in the same places on their paper with only hearing descriptions from their partner. It was interesting to see what some of the drawings ended-up looking like and also to see how much fun everybody was having. We also had a chance to break down into small groups to process and discuss the information together. Towards the end of the seminar Tony put together an example project of baking a Liberian cake. He connected all of the process with the project management terms and skills that he taught us throughout the day. It was a very applicable way to connect what we had learned to a real project. At the end he told us to discuss what we had learned together and that he would be right back. A minute later he came in with Ester holding cake that was baked for us!! Everybody was so excited! It was very delicous.

Overall it was a wonderful day at the seminar, it was great to see so many attendees excited about learning project management and there desires to apply their knowledge to projects that can be done all around Liberia. The possibilities are endless!! We will focus more on the business side tomorrow.

After fighting through traffic at red light in the rain we made it home for a delicious meal and relaxation time together.

Please pray that God will continue to show his favor over us and the seminar tomorrow as well as do more through these seminars than we could ever imagine. Also a couple of us have had some stomach problems (nothing serious) please pray for healing over our tummies.

Well once again I am the last man standing (last person up) and should probably get to bed to be well rested for tomorrow. Night everybody!

God Bless,

Amy

Two attendees attempting to draw what the other is describing.

Tony doing his thing.

Felicia serving our delicious Liberian cake.