Everyone knows that organising students is a bit of a pain. And arranging things for Christians involves a lot of faff. So, as the event arrives, I wonder about the poor souls desperately trying to bash Christian students into order so that everyone arrives in Wales at the right time. I did it last year and remember it being good fun but hard work. Go get’em ACS Euromaster (as Fran would say).
But now, a new standard has arrived. Organising groups arriving at Armonía. It’s the word alive factor squared – Christians travelling to other countries where they will be hosted by an society not renown for its admin skills in a country that doesn’t have a word for ‘early’. I joke of course and probably bulldoze through some (many?) cultural sensitivity barriers but I feel like I have a new job to replace the word-alive-admin-shaped hole in my life.
It’s good fun being in charge of tracking who’s coming and where and when and how and what and waaahh! (Yes, I did just describe admin as fun). But the spreadsheet is growing as we expect almost 250 visitors here between June and September! And we need to make sure we don’t double-book beds or over book accommodations. Who’s picking whom up when? And did I mention that Saul and Pilar like to say hi and goodbye to every single group that comes – they are going to be doing a lot of travelling between Oaxaca and here this summer! In fact, just pondering what I have left to do, I think I had better go and do some more … :)
(For you Americans out there, Word Alive is a bit like Urbana but just 5000 people)
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I will share my bed at Alheli with Tito... no one else :-)... see you in June (June 6th- August 7th)
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Chris! How are you? Remember me from last summer?? :)
Hate to add to your workload, but turns out I just contacted Sr. Saul about the possibility of visiting this summer... and he said he'd pass on my email to you.
So I thought "oh, I wonder how Chris is doing these days?" Which led me to your Facebook, which led me here and... haha. Funny funny. They're sure keeping you busy, I see!!
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