the power keeps going on and off as i write this. it goes off without my noticing now. it is when i start to sweat that i notice. the air is still and despite being dressed as minimally as possible, i am dripping. and the weather is actually much cooler than it has been.
it’s been a good week and exciting things are on the horizon.
i met with the hotel guy this week and the meeting went well. i don’t know much at this point other than it all went well, he wants to work with us and if things go according to plan it could mean great things for my students and the future of the vocational school.
i also went to a fish farm out in the bay. a South African company is farming “cob” a high dollar fish sold to high end restaurants. it’s an amazing operation. fish farming could have huge potential in this area and we could benefit by farming our own fish to feed our Center.
the hotel guy wants me to see a saw mill and i want to see it, so i could be doing that this weekend too. i want to get as educated as possible on all the existing resources we have in this area. it is all a lot of unchartered territory with great opportunity. my dream is to see the locals run with these new opportunities and not be overlooked. there is no surprise that international business are coming in and developing for their own benefit, but i want to see Mozambicans seize these opportunities for themselves.
it all goes back to Kris Vallotton’s analogy of changing the temperature of the refrigerator with a coffee pot. i have to be able to unplug the fridge and and unplug them from their cycle of poverty, poor education and lies. it’s a tiny drop in a huge sea. but it is great to be here at a time like this as this nation is growing, adapting and coming out of poverty.
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