Paul:At about the same time as a Boeing 777 was crashing at Heathrow, I was landing rather uneventfully at Birmingham International. I had just arrived home from 3 days in Singapore. 3 days in Singapore??!! Am I mad? what has my life become, that I can say that so casually?
Actually, I found there is an up-side to such a stupidly long trip, for such a stupidly short amount of time: Your body clock stands no chance of adjusting to the local time, so you are a zombie when you return, but you have virtually no out-of-sync experience.
As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, the main reason for the trip was to meet with some other Agapé / Campus Crusade folk who are developing new technology for tracking our staff and their development more comprehensively. I know very little about tech and still don't have much experience of the international issues involved, so obviously I ended up with the project leader role! I feel like I am soooo in over my head on this. All prayers gratefully received.
While I was there, I got to meet with the HR guys who lead our Singapore ministry as well as a number of other East Asia HR leaders. These folk have such a difficult role, in often really difficult circumstances. Please pray for Chee Yee and Moses (it's his "English" name) on the Singapore national team as they put together their national plan, and particularly for Chee Meng who is HR director for another national ministry in East Asia, as he leads through some difficult transition issues.
We both have a couple of weeks in the UK now, before the madness of February begins. More about that later.
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