Flooded with work opportunities

 

It never rains but it pours.

After one year of teaching, suddenly in the space of one week, many new ventures and possibilities have opened up.

These include:

• A letter from the Minister of Health requesting my presence in Ruhengeri (4hours away) for the whole of next week to be part of a team to finalise Clinical Management Protocols for all hospitals in Rwanda
• A request for an arrangement for me to go to Kigali each month to train postgraduates and senior doctors in colonoscopy
• A senior postgraduate (soon to be Consultant) has transferred from Kigali to Butare in order to learn Gastroenterology and Hepatology from me
• Requests from the Dean that I become involved in training and research in Gastroenterology, as well as from several undergraduates and postgraduates approaching me with research proposals, and new options for funding became clear
• A large amount of interest has been expressed from all over the country in forming a Rwandan Endoscopy Society, which I have been working towards for some months
• Enthusiastic support from many undergraduates and postgraduates students, including suggestions of more teaching sessions, a journal club, and institution of a new case conference where they can present patients with difficult problems from the wards

There’s probably more, but with such a flood of options, I’m at a bit of a loss to remember them all. Please pray for wisdom for me as I try to work out what opportunities need to be seized now, and how best to divide my time and energy between them.