We have begun our final week in Africa. We are training people who are a bit older than we usually train. These folks will now become Smart Choices trainers in country. Zambia is the 4th country where we will have permanent trainers equipped to keep the program going.
They all appear to grasp most of the concepts. I am always amazed how quickly the personalities of each person emerges. Some are so funny, telling jokes and gregarious, while others are more shy and reclusive, all however, displaying the uniqueness that God has built into each life. Many of these folks seem more spiritually grounded than some in past experiences. Our lives are being enriched by having known them.
We have now completed two days of our train the trainer program. For the next three days we will observe how the trainees put into practice what they have learned as they train kids from a local community school. The schools are currently on vacation but some kids are coming to school for extra class. They will voluntarily come to a community center for the next three days to give the trainee instructors a group to practice their new found Smart Choices skills.
Our contact here is Prisca Kambole, a godly woman who is one of the busiest persons I have ever met.
She heads up an organization called PLAEP (Pro-Life Advancement and Education Project) which does a variety of community related outreaches. Besides HIV prevention, she does pregnancy counseling and abuse intervention and many other things. Her efforts put most to shame. She has a very positive attitude. She obviously loves people. We will miss her and all we have met here when we leave on Saturday.
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