How to measure success?

I am so thankful for Stephanie!  We are going to miss her because we love her, first.  She leaves on the 18^th.  But, we’ll also miss her for all the work and all the love she contributes.  Today she made a BUNCH of copies – double sided, even.  Copying in town is expensive and poorly done, so I knew this would be something I would need to tackle, complete with several injections of ink into the “non-refillable” HP cartridge.  Because of how it seems to go around here, I was thinking it was a couple day project, with stacks and piles all over my room for the duration.  She got it done WHILE we worked on another project together!  What a successful day!  I suppose I should note that Devin had what many would call an unsuccessful day.  He drove the almost 3 hours (each way) to Etiose for three connections.  He was to set up some work (strike one- it will need another trip), carry Mr. Haruna to meet with an education official (strike two – the official wasn’t around, although it was planned last week and confirmed yesterday), and meet with the surveyor (strike three – his second no show, although it was set up last week and confirmed yesterday – of course he wanted us to leave the money…).  At least Jack had a chance to play with three of his good friends, some of our boarding students who are at home for their summer holiday.  They saw each other at the market area before reaching the camp site/school site and the kids hopped into the back of the truck to ride out to the school.  Jack climbed out the back window of the truck to join them, and said “I’ve missed you guys SO much!”  It HAS been a week and a half, after all…  Of course, that connection, in the end, makes it a successful day!