Big banquet
31OCT2004 :: 3:41pm :: Okahandja, Namibia :: Bedroom
Yesterday was the last real day of the CHI IBM. We started off with a time of worshipping and praying. We spent about an hour singing songs and praying for individual ministry nations and their leaders. When the meeting resumed, the topic of financial support for national directors of ministry nations was again dicussed. The final decision was to support the directors for up to four years by an amount determined by the international board. Then there were more discussions on various topics, mostly focusing on the international office. Jos presented overall on the international office and some of the projects he had in mind and some that CHI is waiting on the local governments to act regarding the donation of land to CHI for more childrens' homes. Most of it was focussed on Namibia, since that is where the majority of CHI operations are, but he has a lot of travel and development plans in the words for Kenya, Zambia, and the DRC. We finished at around 3:30, as it was the night of the big CHI Thanksgiving Dinner. We left Okahandja at around 5:30pm and travelled down to a big hotel in Windhoek for a banquet for CHI staffers, donors, and friends. Around 200 people were there total, including about 15 from the Ark (childrens' home) in Keetmanshoop. The program started at around 7:15 with a report from the UK, and from Zambia. Next the Ark director spoke, then the Ark kids danced to a Kirk Franklin song. Next we had a buffet style dinner that we weren't too impressed with. After dinner, Jos spoke for a while about his past, CHI's inception, some of his experiences in seeing God move here in Namibia, and his vision for the future. We had dessert and the Ark kids sang a couple of songs for us. We finished off the evening with a report from the USA director, and from the DRC director. Mushati, the Dem. Republic of Congo national director, was supposed to deliver his report in English and then close off the evening in prayer in French, which is the DRC's official language. Well, he got a little confused and deliverd his report in French, then translated it into english, then finally prayed in French. Everyone enjoyed it though, and it gave a bit of international flare to the evening. We finally arrived back in Okahandja at around 11:30 and collapsed into bed.
Yesterday was the last real day of the CHI IBM. We started off with a time of worshipping and praying. We spent about an hour singing songs and praying for individual ministry nations and their leaders. When the meeting resumed, the topic of financial support for national directors of ministry nations was again dicussed. The final decision was to support the directors for up to four years by an amount determined by the international board. Then there were more discussions on various topics, mostly focusing on the international office. Jos presented overall on the international office and some of the projects he had in mind and some that CHI is waiting on the local governments to act regarding the donation of land to CHI for more childrens' homes. Most of it was focussed on Namibia, since that is where the majority of CHI operations are, but he has a lot of travel and development plans in the words for Kenya, Zambia, and the DRC. We finished at around 3:30, as it was the night of the big CHI Thanksgiving Dinner. We left Okahandja at around 5:30pm and travelled down to a big hotel in Windhoek for a banquet for CHI staffers, donors, and friends. Around 200 people were there total, including about 15 from the Ark (childrens' home) in Keetmanshoop. The program started at around 7:15 with a report from the UK, and from Zambia. Next the Ark director spoke, then the Ark kids danced to a Kirk Franklin song. Next we had a buffet style dinner that we weren't too impressed with. After dinner, Jos spoke for a while about his past, CHI's inception, some of his experiences in seeing God move here in Namibia, and his vision for the future. We had dessert and the Ark kids sang a couple of songs for us. We finished off the evening with a report from the USA director, and from the DRC director. Mushati, the Dem. Republic of Congo national director, was supposed to deliver his report in English and then close off the evening in prayer in French, which is the DRC's official language. Well, he got a little confused and deliverd his report in French, then translated it into english, then finally prayed in French. Everyone enjoyed it though, and it gave a bit of international flare to the evening. We finally arrived back in Okahandja at around 11:30 and collapsed into bed.
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