Sweet Mysteries
on Fiona Craven (Guyana), 02/Mar/2012 22:19, 34 days ago
Following on from last entry's theme, I’ve been on the case of a lovely surprise. Last week, a box filled with wonderful speechie resources got delivered to our department at the hospital. I wasn’t there to sign for it, but my colleague accepted the order, and then promptly lost the delivery docket. Back in the department this week Iwas so excited to see these items that I’ve tried to order since I first came here. Two attempts to go through the ministry failed, and I contacted companies worldwide asking could they donate any items or give us discounts on items purchased. I never heard back from one of the companies in theUK, but low and behold my wish list has arrived. I called ministry accounts, no they haven’t processed the order. I contacted ministry central supplies, no the order didn’t go through them. I contacted DHL, and this is where it gets interesting. My mystery parcel left a warehouse inExeterin theUKat 17.22 on Friday 17 February. From there it travelled toSpain, thenVenezuela, thenPanama, then back toVenezuela, the on toTrinidad and Tobago, thenGuyanawhere it was signed for by my colleague at 10.47 on Tuesday 21 February!! The company name is just a warehouse for books and resources and still doesn’t explain who is responsible for sending this incredible gift worth over $400. I’ve emailed the company I think donated the items on a few occasions and haven’t had a response. I’ve emailed the warehouse to see who placed the order, and still haven’t had a response…..I was gaffing with my neighbour one evening this week when she made a personal observation. She told me how I’m always questioning life and trying to understand it. Here inGuyanapeople are much more accepting of mystery. I think a belief in God helps many of them to understand life’s mysteries, while others are content not to question and to just ‘be’. At times I envy this contentment to just accept everything that happens. At other times I get frustrated that that’s part of the reason why this country is still a developing country. Perhaps if people questioned more and felt a stronger sense of responsibility over their own lives and control over their destiny then things would be different.I’m sure there’s a balance to be got. And perhaps accepting that I may never find out who was thoughtful enough to donate all these resources is a starting point for me. Whatever the answer, there’s good karma out there people!!For all you speechies out there these are the resources!!