A Shot of Organization

"View" from a classroom at The King School in Monrovia

It  has been an exciting week in Liberia preparations!
Starting on Wednesday with my visit to the travel clinic to get immunizations and prescriptions for the trip, I have been focused on getting organized this week.  My visa application went out on Thursday, way too close to the trip for my comfort, but an exercise in faith.  I am already finding so many opportunities for growth in this trip.
I was so blessed on Thursday with the amazing show of support from my peers in the school library system.  They brought school supplies and financial support to put towards the creation of a library system in The King School of Monrovia.  It continues to encourage my heart to be a part of something that combines the efforts of so many people.  I look forward to sharing pictures at a future school library meeting of how these gifts have touched the lives of children in Liberia.
When I got home from that meeting there was an Amazon box awaiting me, filled with book pockets and Environmentally themed picture books.  I hope to enlist some of you students to record yourselves reading those books to share another piece of yourselves with the children in the school there.
Friday night was a great night of planning, with the three of us sitting down over coffee to pull together our various ideas and create a cohesive schedule of teacher training.  We have so much to pack into such a short time!!  It is overwhelming to think about how to best utilize every second that we are there.
I learned that the mantra we will need to repeat to ourselves is TIA (This is Africa).  As much as we can plan and prepare, we need to be flexible and ready for anything.  Planning and organization take on a whole different meaning there.
Oh, so much to learn and grow from...