Yesterday, Agnes came to the school again but this time with her daughter Jennifer (plus an enormous bag of mangos & avocados). Jennifer had come from Nairobi in order to spend some time with her family and also to meet the Bishop & teachers of the school.
Visibly tired, Jennifer confirmed everything that Agnes had told us. It was clearly painful for Jennifer to recall the experiences she had been through so we did not wish to dwell on them for any longer than necessary.
Following the posting of the story of Agnes on the blog, 6 people got in touch offering to sponsor Allen. So yesterday was the occasion to inform Agnes and Jennifer of the decision. This is without doubt the best part of being here. To see the look on their faces and their reaction when they were informed that Allen will not only be admitted to the school but also sponsored was is indescribable. They were quite simply overcome with joy. Jennifer broke down in tears, as did Agnes when Jennifer translated what I had told her.
It was an honour and a pleasure to be the bearer of glad tidings after all they have been through. It was quite simply the most rewarding moment of my life. It was better than any raise or any award I have received. Maybe you have been lucky enough to experience something similar; I hope so. If not, I can only hope that you too can enjoy a moment and sentiment like that one day. For those of you who have asked to sponsor a child, it’ll come when you meet them for the first time.
You can keep your steering committees; you can keep your risk logs. You can keep your touch base and reach out, your ramp up and trickle down, your buy-in and opt out, your hokey cokey and your turn around ... yesterday’s what it’s all about, oi!
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We say hokey pokey. :-)
ReplyDeleteI bet that WAS a warm feeling. I can also bet you never felt that one at work before. :-p