This is Lucy

Lucy is an integral part of the work of Afri-Lift. Not only does she do an incredible job in overseeing all things financial, she is an all round wonderful person.

 

I can write this blog on a Monday afternoon because the craziness of a Monday morning has passed. First we start with staff devotions which normally goes for an hour. Lucy, along with her admin sidekick – Joy, makes sure there is coffee, tea and hot chocolates for everyone. This morning there were 8 of us today but there can be up to 12 people.

After devotions there’s team meetings but for Lucy everyone needs money for that weeks’ projects. There’s transport for our volunteers out to the farm, purchases for our office and cars to be registered. Lucy also has the complicated task of managing the needs of our training facility at Osiligi. With each new intake of students there’s blankets, toothbrushes, gumboots, extra food to buy and she manages it all.

Afri-Lift has a high standard of financial integrity. Not only do we have Lucy doing a fantastic job we also have internal and external auditors. We aim to represent our donors money in the best way possible.

Many number crunchers don’t have a social personality. One of Lucy’s fine characteristics is that she is a real people person. Her whole aim is to serve the greater vision of Afri-Lift and sees her role as integral to that.

Often when one is working in an office for a development ministry such as Afri-Lift it can be challenging as you don’t get to see the faces of the young people we work with. This is why a couple of times a month we insist our admin staff get out of the office and go and work for a day with one of our ministry streams. It could mean taking a food parcel to a needy family in Kibera, making a school visit with one of our social workers, attending the street project or traveling out to Osiligi. Lucy has taught our students on budgeting and even though the boys are much taller than her, they respect her knowledge and generous spirit.

In this coming year Lucy wishes to pursue her dream of entering a degree. Here is a young girl who was orphaned, travels 90 minutes to work each way and is now looking at going flatting for the first time in her life.

Lucy is a great example of someone who has discovered her faith in Christ and how He is involved in her life daily.

Afri-Lift is very blessed to have Lucy as part of our team and when you come to visit she will make you the best coffee on the planet!