Well, what a surprise! I can log into my blog here from the Osh branch office! Yay! We flew into Osh this morning; it's a one-hour flight or 12-hour drive, I'm told, so we flew. The flight was uneventful and quick on a small plane with about 15 rows of seats, 2 on each side of the aisle, and I was soooooo lucky: the seat beside me was empty. Ah, the space I enjoyed!
A car from the microfinance program picked us up at the airport and took us to the Osh branch office. I flew with 2 accountants from the Bishkek office and the Jalalabad branch manager. I'm hanging at the office now, waiting to interview the Jalalabad branch manager. Tomorrow morning I will interview the Batken branch manager and perhaps the Osh branch manager. If the Osh manager is too swamped tomorrow, I'll either go climbing/hiking or shopping at the Osh Bazaar with whoever can be spared from the office. If that's the case, then I'll interview the Osh manager Wednesday. I'm really hoping the shopping works out. I know it's cool to hike and enjoy God's beauty....but is there really anything more fun than buying gifts for your family? I mean, really.
So I'm here safely and working on the MIS module descriptions. I have high hopes of flying back to Bishkek with completed drafts of all the modules and being able to submit them to management Friday morning. Man, I would love that. And I'm starting to feel panicky that the MIS coder will start building without me if I don't get these descriptions to him soon. I hope not, of course. We just met on Friday to review my modules so far, and he had such good suggestions. He emailed after the meeting to say that he would build according to my specs if I'd send him the final drafts. I feel encouraged and happy to be begging the right people for meetings and input, and I'm feeling hopeful that this MIS will be easy to use and provide good info for decisionmakers. Wooo!
Well, I'll sign off now and maybe post again tomorrow morning. Love you guys!
About Me
- Rebeccaww
- I originally started this blog when I spent the summer in Kyrgyzstan but now I write in it whenever I'm traveling to show family and friends back home what I'm doing and seeing. When I'm not traveling, it's not updated; when I'm traveling, I try to post most every day. Enjoy!
4 comments:
Hi, Rebecca. I'm subscribed to Google alerts about Kyrgyzstan, and your blog showed up in my box so I decided to drop you a line. If it doesn't bother you could you write me an email to jamila.kulova@gmail.com since I didn't find your contact info. I would like to ask you something. Thank you, I would really appreciate it.
Rebecca,
So glad you got to fly!! Hope your stay is quick and productive, with plenty of time for hiking... around the Ohs bazaar. :)
LA&F,
Mama
Hi Rebecca,
Bill shared your blog with me. What an adventure, and what a great family and husband you have! :-)
I look forward to reading some of your adventures!
Deb Williams
Jamila, I will be happy to email you when I can access Gmail again. It may be as late as Friday, but I will drop you a line as soon as I can.
Mama, hee,hee! You see where I got my love of shopping. Yes, my ideal would be hiking all over the bazaar. :)
Deb/Prof Williams, it's so good to hear from you! I'm thrilled that you have seen the blog. You're right: I have a wonderful husband and family. I'm very blessed. :)
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