Ready or not, here we come

For reasons beyond me I had stopped writing my thoughts here - it was never my intentions to stop, so every now and then I think about this space.

I started writing on this space simply to share my thoughts process in as far as the Leadership Institute for Girls go.

The last time I posted something  here was from the USA - what an amazing journey and time that was...It was about four months ago since I've be to the land of the brave - yes, I did come back braver (is there such a word) What I mean is: I came back with more zeal to unpack my dream of reaching out to younger girls through coaching and mentoring.

While I haven't been sharing much here, I have been at work behind the scenes visiting the school, meeting with young and big girls to see how we (together) can hold hands and encourage each other to dream beyond our villages. I have met with couple of my friends who will be coming along me this year to reach out to the girls - we have been thinking and praying into how to go about it.

I most probably have mentioned this before, but the intention of Leadership Institute for Girls is never to tell girls what we think they should do - rather we would like to hear from them...

I am excited about this year and look forward to having my friends come along side as we reach out.

I'll try to share some of the thoughts as we go along.

Until next time - go ahead and dream the biggest dream you can think of.

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