U.S. Tour Part 1

I skipped a month; I apologize. This delay is due, in part, to a lot of boring business-related things happening, but I will sum up: we have changed our name, and are currently traveling around the U.S. promoting the newly renamed Insight Resources International (IRI for the rest of this post). We are in the process of creating a new website, and are putting all the necessary governmental documents in place to make sure everyone knows everything they need to know to do the things they need to do. Until everything is finished, our old website, e-mail, etc. will remain up and available (and probably for some time after we are finished, just to avoid confusion).

Unlike my last trip, this time I am not going solo. With me are Al and Velma Corson, who are the founders and primary agents for IRI. They do most of the work in Mozambique and South Africa, and are responsible for some of the research and successes we are experiencing in those places. While they are out of Mozambique, the nationals have taken over day-to-day operations of the organization, and, from all accounts, are doing a great job. For those of you who are not familiar with Mozambican culture, you will not understand how dramatic a step this is – Mozambicans, because of their cultural background, have a difficult time supervising a western-style organization. When you consider that most businesses and government systems in Africa are built on a western framework, you start to understand why Africa faces many business and governmental issues. Our friends in Moz are rapidly developing new perspectives and ways of thinking that are helping them overcome these obstacles. Their ultimate goal is to help the entire country develop new ways of thinking and problem solving, and from what we are seeing, they are off to a great start.

We are currently in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma visting friends and supporters in the area. The rest of our U.S. Tour includes traveling:

In November:

• East to Atlanta, GA
• Back to Broken Arrow, OK

End of Nov – December:

• Break for the holidays (“break” is a relative term)
  • I will be traveling up to IL to speak with supporters and visit my parents
  • Al and Vel will be staying in OK to visit their children and speak with other supporters

End of Dec – January:

• Fly from IL and OK to meet in Alaska
• Fly back to Broken Arrow, OK
• Down to Austin, TX
• Down (again) to San Antonio, TX
  • I will stay in San Antonio
  • Al and Vel will travel on to Corpus Christi

End of Jan – February:

• West to Bakersfield, CA
  • I will take a side trip to the Los Angeles area
  • Al and Vel will stay around Bakersfield
• East to Colorado
• North to Wyoming

End of Feb – March:

• Off to South Africa and then to Mozambique

From March until at least June, I will be back in Africa leading seminars and teaching others to do the same. It looks to be a fun trip, and we hope to meet with as many people as possible to help raise support and to find new venues for the seminars.