Komba Chiefs Meeting

Yesterday August 24, our Komba language team planned to have a large meeting of all the Komba chiefs to explain to them what our Komba language project is about and how we need their support and interest to make the project run. We also experienced our largest rain of the year beginning Thursday night in some places and very heavy on Friday morning. It finally began to let up around 11 am. I sent a message to Elisha Yajim who is our vice chairman for the Komba language project asking if we should still go or not. He sent me back a message saying some vehicles had already passed and some people had already gone.

Well we went and the road was terrible. There were several places where there was only water covering the road and you never know what is underneath or where the large potholes (sinkholes) are. Still we arrived safely with three chiefs in tow. I have to say, if the rain had not been so heavy we would have had a very good turn out, but even with the rain the turn out was admirable. The speakers at the meeting were all respected people who encouraged the chiefs to support the project and to show interest in it by sending representatives to language committee meetings.

I was very happy to see their interest and verbal commitment. My prayer is that the project will be able to stand with the interest and energy of our leading people.