Thursday, 3/11. Since we had good response from our early visit to MOHealth we tried an early visit to MOEducation. We had met Yukkiko on an earlier visit to MOE. She is a Liberian with a father named Frederick, a brother named Frederick and a young niece named, you guessed it, Fredrika. They call her Freddy. We had visited with their family two Sundays earlier and had a delightful time making new friends. The push of gaining NGO approval had kept us so busy we had neglected MOE since but now we needed their cooperation. So early Thursday morning we called her for access to the right people. She was delighted and made introductions to her boss, the director of early primary, and to Matthew Zaza, Administrative Assistant to the Minister. While we were meeting with Matthew, John Roberts the Deputy Minister, came to see Matthew and we set an appointment with him for the next day at 9AM. Feeling like we had great success we thanked everyone and left. These meetings were positive and left us knowing that God was working out the MOE participation. We did stop by the Ministers office and meet Josiah, his assistant, to try and get on his schedule. He promised to do his best.
We made it back to the office just in time to go to Buzzy Quarters for the training session with Mckinley Teah, a dear ACFI pastor and the director of the clinic. Buzzy Quarters is not a place for the faint of heart. It is one of the worst slums imaginable and the stench is fetid, but my little Tica strapped up her work boots under a beautiful embroidered dress and we set out for the mess. It so happens that is a short distance from our office and we were there at 2:30. A dozen healthcare workers joined us and we had a great time, finishing after 4. We trekked back to the office just in time to receive the Honorable Blamoh for the ride home.
Enough for now,
Fred and Isela