Sorry it's been a while. I have been swamped after the New Year. As a team, we're working on two sets of reports, Congress prep, and the normal communication with our nations. Personally, I've been writing and editing for our upcoming newsletter, reading books for an upcoming course, prepping for some talks, and trying to work on the French trainings. I'm happy to have an update!
Backing up, the Swiss team hit a benchmark last year when they were able to translate the Classic materials into French and start implementing some trainings locally in Switzerland. About a month and a half ago, I had requested the XEE materials from Canada. I knew they existed, at least the written materials, because one of my very first meetings in Indonesia at the Congress of Nations 2016 was with a group of French-speaking leaders from Canada, Europe, and Africa. It took a while, but I received them Friday! Just like that, we went from no XEE in French to a draft to work with. I say draft because Canadian French is a different dialect from the French spoken in France and will need to be revised.
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Et voila! It's amazing seeing
it in French!
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This is a huge leap and something I'm personally excited about since I'm trained in XEE and can hopefully contribute my knowledge of the tool to those who revise. The next step is to find the right people who can work together to revise the materials. They obviously need to be a native French speaker, trained or willing to be trained in EE, and have the time to do it.
Still a lot of unknowns for the coming months, but thanks for praying for me, the Swiss national director, and French-speaking team as we seek to move forward for the French-speaking world in Europe and beyond.
