An extra 25 nasaras came to Béré for the celebration of the new nursing school. There were already 35 nasaras from Maranatha here because they were building the school. 55 people made things a little to hectic, not to mention that I was sick with malaria during this time. We had cleaned the compound from top to bottom and run back and forth to decorate everything. The most important people in Béré were coming to this celebration and we had to ensure everything was in its right place.
Tammy was on edge. Charis and I were sitting in her house tying ribbons on the balloons as she let off some steam. Maranatha was hard to deal with, but what set her over the top was the Adventist school. After all the blood sweat and tears she has put into the school, some of the teachers want to sue her.
She had accused the former principle of secondary school and one other person of stealing. Tammy says she knows she was right, without a shadow of a doubt. There was 600,000cfa ($1,200) missing from the school account and there were only two men that were in charge of, and had access to the money. She even had a Chadian auditor from N'Djamena come to look over the accounts. He came to the same conclusion. The former principle was demoted, but he received the same salary he had before. It was like he was being rewarded! He had less work to do and he was getting the salary of a principle. The school was practically paying for two principals.
In short the former principal is suing Tammy for slandering his name and the principal of the primary school is suing too! It is very surprising that the primary principal is suing Tammy as well. Tammy has invested a lot into his career and personal life. She paid for him to leave Béré to finish his schooling, and he was able to keep his job after the long absence. She has also loaned him money when he went through a rough patch and needed the loan. It makes no sense why he is suing, but it really hurts Tammy.
When I first came to Béré Tammy had stepped back from the school. She made a deal with God. If no one came to her and talked to her about the school then she wouldn't return to her position. Even after a close friend said she would talk to the school faculty about not talking to her no one came. However, Tammy still went back. A close family friend Valery had returned to work at the school. She thought that maybe God wanted her to wait for him to return so she would have a friend in the schooling system.
Currently, Tammy is feeling like she should have never returned to the school. She wouldn't be going through all of this craziness if she hadn't returned. She is thinking of stepping back from the school once again. When she agreed to return to the schools he made demands that had to be met. One was to take the secondary principal out of his position and another was to get a Bible teacher. The school demoted the principal, but never got the Bible teacher. How can the school call itself an Adventist school without teaching Bible or a religion class in general? This school is just like any other school: very corrupt and doesn't teach anything spiritual.
It would be easy for Tammy to step back because her demands were never met. However, she wants to do what the Lord wants her to do. Her heart is with the school. She hates the drama, but loves helping the children. The children are who keep her motivated to continue to better the schooling system. She is at the point where she will step back if she needs too, but she wants to ensure that is what God wants. She is having trouble deciphering God's will and doesn't know what to do. Please pray for her.
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