One Project Leads To Another

Several weeks ago we were sitting in the principal's office of the Khidija Primary School in Al Husn, discussing the progress of our donations to the school.  It's not unusual for other people to walk in and join in when we have meetings like this.  On this day, two men came in and sat down by Lynn.  Of course, he started up a conversation with them.  It was good that they spoke English.  

Come to find out, the gentleman on Lynn's right a pretty important guy!  Dr. Bourhan is his name and he's a member of the school district board as well as head of the Mechanical Engineering department at JUST University.  He also leads a local community action group called Al Husn Initiative for Public Help.  Talk about well connected!

Dr. Bourhan invited us to his office at the University to discuss his public service work.  We learned that he is a "get things done" kind of guy--a person that LDS Charities calls a "Champion."  Recently he's been responsible for getting road improvements in Al Husn and repairs to the lights on main street.  Now he wants to build a shelter for people waiting for buses.  We discussed other projects--a free health day for the poor and some equipment for the new health clinic in town.

Most of these projects fit very nicely with the objectives of LDSC.  If all goes well, we see a great future working with him.  Our hope is to do some good things in Al Husn to improve the image of the church and be seen as a contributing member of the community.  We also want to do something for the poor.