A little more about my new job

Ok, so it's Thursday morning and not Wednesday night.... Last night I got home and Josue and a friend of mine were watching Fiddler on the Roof. So, yeah. Not much got done.

So, what am I doing in my new job? I am part of the Int'l Development/Promotions Dept. We are the connection between people outside of Costa Rica and Roblealto. In our office, we get entrance, progress and exit reports on each of the kids and transform them into nice letters for the kids' sponsors to read. The report from the social worker says, “Juan is affectionate, squirmy, and disobedient.” We say, “Juan is affectionate and very active. We are working with him on respecting rules and authority.” Doesn't that sound better? All the kids in Roblealto programs come from really difficult backgrounds and family situations. So, they aren't all little angels. They need a lot of prayer and the support they receive when sponsored really helps transform their lives and the lives of the rest of their family. Progress reports come out once a year around the time of the kid's birthday. So, there are always ones that need to be done. Now that Fabian and I are here though, we have caught up and are now on top of them. We were a couple months behind when he started. We also translate all the correspondence between the sponsors and the kids. That's mostly Nelly's job, but I think they are going to have me help with that some closer to Christmas. Sounds great!!

Next week we are having a group of volunteers come!! I'm excited!!! Tomorrow we'll get our orientation, Monday we are supposed to visit all the childcare centers and meet the staff there and Tuesday night, they arrive to the Bible Home! While they are here we help keep tabs on them as they work and get them anything they need while they work on their various projects. One night we have a “Night of Translation” and they get one of us to be with them at dinner in a house at the Bible Home and translate for them. I think that sounds great! I'm really excited for that!

So, there's a little more of a taste of what happens at work. We also have lots of miscellaneous translations to do, like the grant proposal I'm working on. I think I'm going to finish it today!! Gotta go get ready for work!