Completely Gone!

Do you remember your first job interview, or really any job interview? Do you remember your hands getting all sweaty, your voice getting a little high pitched, and your mouth feeling like you just ate a bottle of glue? Do you remember everything that you ever learned was completely gone from your mind? Or maybe it's there but any ability to access it was gone all together?

We just finished a training seminar for the pastors and committee members from all of our projects. I knew all of these men. I have worked with them often. Even though they are all very kind, gracious, and humble, I was scared out of my wits to teach them! I am a whole lot younger, a woman, white, and not a pastor. Who am I to teach them anything! The project coordinators wanted me to try and teach as much as I could in Swahili. I could not even remember hello. All swahili went poof and I was left with nothing but a very dry, cotton mouth and a group of pastors staring at me expectantly. I thought is it too late to run, do I suddenly feel sick, should I say just read this material and let me know if you have any questions. Somewhere inside of me was a little bit of reason left, so I stayed and taught and eventually the Swahili came to me. I still needed a lot translated but things went better as time went on.

Actually, things finished really well. I was so amazed. We had great discussions and interaction. I even think that we will do this again! Go God!