Are we doing good work? Some additional thoughts.

Meeting with church members in Tanzania. Are we making a difference or are they just being polite?

“Are we doing good work?”

I knew the question was coming. This donor started every meeting that way. I even practiced an answer, so I wasn’t sure why my response felt so weak. “We are planting lots of trees.”

Somehow, I knew that didn’t answer his question. I tried again. “We are making lots of microcredit loans.” That felt even weaker.

The truth is, we really didn’t know.

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