Mornings are beautiful here in Yekepa, there are so many birds singing and the windows are always open so they can be heard loud and clear. This morning was even better a I was finally able to get into a sleep routine (thanks to my friend Ty Lenolpm ). I was refreshed and ready for the day. My plan was to get my lesson and class in order for tomorrow first class.
I was leisurely sitting around the administration office about 8:15 after all of the students headed off to class and Del came up to me and said "Why are you here, you have class". I laughed and corrected him and said no, it is tomorrow based upon the last schedule I had.....well I guess the scedule had changed and I did not get the memo. My heart was racing, I felt completely unprepared, I was not sure where I was going, or what I was even going to say. Del, in true laid back form, looks at me, shrugs his shoulders and says "its ok, just get to know them". Well, I hustled back to my room, mind racing, prayed for wisdom, and gathered my things to head out to the communication building for the first business class at ABCU.
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| Communications Building |
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| My unfinished classroom |
WOW, what an amazing experience for me and for the students. So much enthusiasm on their part and so much to share from me. The remainder of the four hours we spent together were very interactive and engaged across the topics of Entrepreneurship and Economics. So much they want to learn and take back to their communities. We talked about opportunity cost and what each of these students had to give up, in order to attend the university, and what they plan to take home when they are finished to help build their community. Their desires to use business to support their family, church, school and local community matches the exact vision of why I believed this program is needed.
In the afternnon I took the time to walk around the campus a bit. Everywhere I went students were stopping me to let me know what a blessing the entrepreneurial studies program is for ABCU as well as telling me about their business ideas or ventures they currently have going.
Today was unexpected and exceptional, I am anxious to see what tomorrow brings.
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