This is Jonathan. He's the main I.T. guy for a mission's organization in PNG completely operated by nationals. We met nearly three years ago. ARound that time many of us asked the question 'how are other IT professionals in this country doing this?' and we pulled together a meeting of all the IT minds in the country that were able to come. Jonathan showed up as the only IT guy for his small mission.
During that meeting and meetings since, we've all pooled our thoughts and solutions and created a resource in and of ourselves by simply having a meeting of the minds.
During that first one several years ago, Jonathan walked away with a new resource. We had started an email list between us. We all had a new resource.
Since then Jonathan has written us and asked us questions. Many of which were things we could very easily help him with. 'How to install a windows server' or 'how do I configure a workgroup'.
Today he reported they have their first ever windows server up and running and he has 2 other IT techs working with him.
It is important to recognize that Jonathan represents a cultural oddity. His love for spreading the Word of God is mixed with his iniative and desire for learning. It is a pleasure to have helping him be a side effect of our ministry here.
It is so hard to answer the question 'what do you do?' because of the mere fact that we say 'yes' to God, he creates all these little side effects of service that you hadn't anticipated. The fact that we are here, is a resource for people like Jonathan.
He's a neat guy with a huge task, and it's a pleasure to be able to help him.
