It turns out that this was a pretty bad cancer week. I big the inside of my lip on Monday night. It was probably the worst that I've ever done that. On top of that, I got some pretty bad mouth sores. Both the mouth sores and the lip bite were on the same side of my mouth, so that whole side of my mouth was just one raw pain magnet. Ouch!
On a good note, I had a great time at The River. My in-laws have been inviting me to join them there for years. I finally took them up on it. We fished and camped in their motorhome. I was able to donate some of my extra money to the local Indian casino.
On Friday, I was fortunate to help with an event at Erica's school. I handled the tech end of things. The event was called the Wickman World Summit. Sixth grade students have partnered with a company called Kiva (www.kiva.org). Kiva is a non-profit that provides micro finance loans to individuals. For example, a goat farmer in Eastern Europe may need a small loan (hence the term micro finance) for more goats. This person can go to Kiva for that loan. Often loans are delivered by a courier on the back of a motorcycle to the recipient. It really neat stuff.
At this event, we connected via Skype to other countries. We spoke with Ghana, Azerbaijan, San Francisco, and a foreign embassy in Washington, DC. We used Skype for video chat and audio chat. Also, Jane Goodall and a woman in Thailand sent in videos that they recorded.
It was a truly fantastic experience.
3 comments:
Yes, Kiva is a great program. It's much better than giving money directly to people which destroys their self respect and the notion that we each have some responsibility for ourselves.
I'm glad you could use you talents and skills to help out at the school.
By now, I hope your mouth is healing--that sounds painful!
Hang in there, Tim.
John
Hi Tim!
Remember how you said you'd help people with Facebook if they needed it?
Well, I signed up and looked for you, but you are either 4 years old, have a soccer team, or are faceless.
So how do I find your page?
Thanks!
Wendy
Hi Wendy,
Sorry for the delay. It looks like my migration to FB from Blogger caused me to miss your comment. I tried to add you in FB but couldn't find you in there. Let's talk and see if we can get it connected.
Tim
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