I am excited!

I am pumped, jazzed, excited…get the picture?

This afternoon Steve, Jim and I met with Miatta, a project engineer with Eli Lilly and native of Freetown, Sierra Leone, for lunch and a long talk. Her discussion was thrilling to say the least. She described the Sierra Leoneians as friendly, honest, open people who are very open to religious discussion and religious differences. Her only concern with our plans was that the Freetown Youth Center would not be large enough to accommodate the crowd! Imagine standing room only!

We discussed Sierra Leonian culture, food, people and safety concerns (which by the way are no different then we would face in this country). She described the people of Freetown as generally well educated, polite, trustworthy, (especially with foreigners) and even though they face a host of economic problems that have grown worse over the past 10 years.

The three of us left our lunch with Miatta jumping for joy and extremely anxious to begin our journey and work.

(Greenwood starts a meeting tomorrow with Jim Lee and Miatta has promised to come!)