I know you may be curious as to what a "normal" week looks like for this internship.
MONDAY
I'm in a microfinance meeting for at least 4 very very long hours. Topics of discussion include the good and bad of loan groups, word of encouragement (aka a sermon), reading over minutes from previous meetings, planning loan training for new clients, and any other concerns or questions. Meetings can be very draining. After the meetings we will take lunch and then I will reconcile loan accounts or just sit in the office.
TUESDAY
Go to the field with a loan officer. Sit through 4-8 loan meetings with pretty much no break. At the meetings, clients will put money into a savings account and if they have a loan they will make a payment on it. These meetings occur once a week. I have simply just sat in on some meetings and listened to the clients speak in Kiswahili to doing all of the paperwork while the loan officer builds their relationships with clients.
WEDNESDAY
Go to the field with Abraham Opiyo. This week marked my third time for visiting these groups. I was able to encourage the groups by asking them for prayer requests. They were very open and honest about the needs of their groups and families.
THURSDAY
Work with Community Health Evangelism (CHE) with all social workers and community outreach people. Go out to one of the villages and do door to door evangelism with EvangeCubes spreading the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. I'm completely blown away from those that have made the commitment to be born again. God is working in each of the villages.
FRIDAY
Repeat of Tuesday, but with different groups.
SATURDAY
Spend the morning and afternoon at the cyber cafe and Masaai market using the Internet and purchasing really cheap African knick-knacks. For dinner we normally go to a MoHi staff persons home.
SUNDAY
Go to church for around 3 hours. Eat lunch in town then come back to Ufungamano to rest all day.
Each day varies, but this is what has occurred most often in the past month.
Your part in this ministry has an eternal impact on the lives here. May God richly bless you.
In Christ,
Brandi :)
MONDAY
I'm in a microfinance meeting for at least 4 very very long hours. Topics of discussion include the good and bad of loan groups, word of encouragement (aka a sermon), reading over minutes from previous meetings, planning loan training for new clients, and any other concerns or questions. Meetings can be very draining. After the meetings we will take lunch and then I will reconcile loan accounts or just sit in the office.
TUESDAY
Go to the field with a loan officer. Sit through 4-8 loan meetings with pretty much no break. At the meetings, clients will put money into a savings account and if they have a loan they will make a payment on it. These meetings occur once a week. I have simply just sat in on some meetings and listened to the clients speak in Kiswahili to doing all of the paperwork while the loan officer builds their relationships with clients.
WEDNESDAY
Go to the field with Abraham Opiyo. This week marked my third time for visiting these groups. I was able to encourage the groups by asking them for prayer requests. They were very open and honest about the needs of their groups and families.
THURSDAY
Work with Community Health Evangelism (CHE) with all social workers and community outreach people. Go out to one of the villages and do door to door evangelism with EvangeCubes spreading the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. I'm completely blown away from those that have made the commitment to be born again. God is working in each of the villages.
FRIDAY
Repeat of Tuesday, but with different groups.
SATURDAY
Spend the morning and afternoon at the cyber cafe and Masaai market using the Internet and purchasing really cheap African knick-knacks. For dinner we normally go to a MoHi staff persons home.
SUNDAY
Go to church for around 3 hours. Eat lunch in town then come back to Ufungamano to rest all day.
Each day varies, but this is what has occurred most often in the past month.
Your part in this ministry has an eternal impact on the lives here. May God richly bless you.
In Christ,
Brandi :)
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