3 Times the Fun!

Well we definitely started 2011 off with a bang! Today was our first “official” day back at work and it was definitely a full day. We have 3 teams here with Living Hope who all start with us this week. We have an Adventures in Missions: World Race Team who will be helping out with Holiday Club in Ocean View. Then we have a church team from a partner church in Nevada, US who will be divided in 3: a OBGYN who will be training our clinic workers; 3 guys to help us do some construction; and a group of ladies who will be helping with Holiday Club in Masi. Then we have an Intervarsity group from a University in Delaware, US who will be with us for a month doing a variety of things.  So the Team House was nice enough to host a luncheon to welcome all the teams so that we could do a combined tour and orientation for everyone. We crammed the 30+ people in the living room and showed an introduction video and powerpoint before dividing into 3 vans to go off and see the different Living Hope sites. So great to have 3 teams here at once (I think a first for Living Hope), and there are some really incredible people on these different teams. It is a bit hard though to get to know individuals with such a big group. We got some good time with each of the team leaders over dinner and was so nice to able to speak face-to-face after months and weeks of emailing back and forth. Having time with the team leaders allowed us not only to get to know them, but also to properly discuss their ministry for the upcoming week/s. So this week should be really fun! 2011, here we go!