It has been over 6 months since we applied for the volunatry position of CFO/Mentor with CLTC, in PNG - so many acronym's!
We indicated our willingness to fill
the position the College was looking to fill - a mentor for the staff in the
Finance office who look after the finances for both the college and the business
activities that subsidise the college. The College put in an application with a
relevant government department in PNG, to have a foreigner fill the position.
The government department has declined to answer this application at this point.
This is apparently not unusual for PNG, although the length of time taken has
surprised and frustrated even those who have more experience of PNG than
us.
So it's been a strange autumn-winter so far for us.
After putting our hands up to go out, we began getting ready (tidying the house,
putting a few things on Trade Me, etc) but that soon ran out of steam. It's
difficult to throw yourselves into such activities when you're not sure if
you're definitely going and it only lengthens the ups and downs of the
rollercoaster so isn't particularly helpful. Meanwhile, Ingrid still needs to home-school the boys, Marcus had a job to go to, we have friends we love catching up
with, the boys are into the football season, etc. Essentially, we have tried to get
on with everyday life, but it's not quite as easy as that when you're not sure
if you're going to be in the country in 3 months time.
We are valuing all prayers for a peace over this time as it's a little unsettling. Specifically,
that God would reveal the meaning of this part of the process - Marcus
especially. When we have told the boys the about the plans, we faced an understandably mixed response!
We recently stumbled across a wee 9 minute video on the
College website that was made to promote the College's new Masters programme. It
gives quite a good insight into the College, its reason for existence, etc. The
agricultural activities that we would be involved with get a few seconds
mention, which is the way it should be, but it is these activities that mostly
fund all the other great work that the College does training wise. http://vimeo.com/67611421
God Bless
Marcus & Ingrid
