Today one word rang loud and clear: FLEXIBILITY
Here are the various situations:
1. This morning our normal van was going to be late so we had to take a shuttle bus into Bao Nhai. The Health and Hygiene material is in the van, but will arrive on time. No problem!
2. Our shuttle bus could not make it past a rocky hill (the muffler and back of the bus was damaged trying). We need to walk to the school with all of our luggage since we are heading for Sapa afterward and a projector and screen. The school is at least a mile and a half of rocky road. We are already late. No problem!
3. A motorbike comes to pick us up as we walk, for sure, no problem!
4. We arrive at the school and learn that there is not a classroom for us to fit the 60 kids we are teaching in, so we will need to teach the class outside with the projector. No problem!
5. We set the projector and slide show up and start introductions with the students while we are still waiting for our suitcase of props, no problem!
6. As soon as our suitcase arrives the power goes out and we will not be able to use the slide show, no problem, we just grab out the printed out slides and go with it (boy are we glad we brought those for the just in case scenarios).
In all the last minute situations today we were able to work as a team comfortably to make it work. We felt peace and comfort and found joy in the detours. Today was never what we thought it would be, but it was better in many ways!
Here are the various situations:
1. This morning our normal van was going to be late so we had to take a shuttle bus into Bao Nhai. The Health and Hygiene material is in the van, but will arrive on time. No problem!
2. Our shuttle bus could not make it past a rocky hill (the muffler and back of the bus was damaged trying). We need to walk to the school with all of our luggage since we are heading for Sapa afterward and a projector and screen. The school is at least a mile and a half of rocky road. We are already late. No problem!
3. A motorbike comes to pick us up as we walk, for sure, no problem!
4. We arrive at the school and learn that there is not a classroom for us to fit the 60 kids we are teaching in, so we will need to teach the class outside with the projector. No problem!
5. We set the projector and slide show up and start introductions with the students while we are still waiting for our suitcase of props, no problem!
6. As soon as our suitcase arrives the power goes out and we will not be able to use the slide show, no problem, we just grab out the printed out slides and go with it (boy are we glad we brought those for the just in case scenarios).
In all the last minute situations today we were able to work as a team comfortably to make it work. We felt peace and comfort and found joy in the detours. Today was never what we thought it would be, but it was better in many ways!
November 12, 2010 at 8:54 AM
haha
sounds fun.
(see, Tim was not around lol )