UPDATE

I’m in the midst of paperwork work this week which means no fun monkey stories. The best part of writing up all of my research is seeing how much I have learned and accomplished over the past two years. So far I am on page 11 and I feel like I’m still in the boring parts and haven’t gotten to the good parts or added any cool pictures. Thankfully I have quite a bit of things already written down, but it is still more work than I thought that it would be. It feels like I am in school again except that I can’t stay up all night to finish anything because my mind seems to just stop before midnight.

 

Also this week I will be discussing with SIM the evaluation with the government for my research project that must be completed in February. It involves getting 9 different people (besides myself, my worker and my short-termers) from 4 different offices at the same place at the same time to show what I’ve been doing for the past two years. Getting this accomplished in Ethiopia is nothing short of a miracle. The last missionary who had a project in Borana didn’t even get to do his because not all of the people agreed to come. Doing the evaluation, however, is an important way to end well—so I hope to be able to show them “the works” of the Borana work as it also testifies to what God is doing in the area.

 

My new short-termers Jensen & Meghan come on Wednesday evening. I’m looking forward to their arrival and started making lists of specific things that they can do to help me.

 

Pray for a decision I need to make concerning my future: CVM and I are currently discussing my role starting June/July of this year.

 

My next update will hopefully have me going back to Yabello with my short-termers. I hope to leave for my Yabello home on or by the weekend.