Toolkit, the Second Time Around

The last month has been chaotically packed with things to do and new people arriving. We just finished Toolkit, the same 3-week training programme that I did when I joined. Except this time, instead of participating, I was heavily involved in planning it.

My responsibilities included:

• making the schedule
• organizing trainers to teach classes
• printing material for and putting together binders for new people
• making sure people received their pocket money
• handing out wet weather gear for Adventure Week
• getting people to return that gear, clean and dry

I spent a lot of time on my email, in the print room, and running up and down the stairs to the finance office.

We had over 40 new people join Lifehope, from 20 different countries, on a variety of different programmes and jobs.

I am looking forward to a couple days off this week to relax and recover, since I've been going pretty much nonstop for the past five weeks. I almost don't know what to do anymore if nothing is urgently demanding to be done. I will also have time to get to know the new people better, which I'm excited about.