Letter from John Oravis
Posted by Ute Buehler
Dear Rotary Friends:
It's been quite a while since I've updated you and the Club about the goings-on here with us in Southaven, Mississippi. Karen and I are still alive, we still think of all of you, and are doing well.
I have news: good and bad, depending upon how you view the world, I suppose. I've been offered and have accepted an overseas job with a government contractor. It is both a tremendous challenge and opportunity for me professionally and personally. I'd also like to especially thank two members who served as personal references for my employment application with the contractor, MPRI, Inc.
The bad news is that it is for 12-months in Kabul, Afghanistan, and I left for it on Wednesday, November 12th, via Washington DC and Dubai UAE. I was hired to be a Budget Development Mentor with the Afghan Ministry of Interior, and will be working with the military's Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan (CSTC-A)'s Office of the CJ-8 (Budget).
Karen remained in Southaven, MS to oversee the house, dogs and cats while I am overseas, keeping law and order over all.
I wish to continue to remain a long(er)-distance member of the Mpls-Univ Rotary Club and will keep you in my thoughts. My snail mail address here is:
It's been quite a while since I've updated you and the Club about the goings-on here with us in Southaven, Mississippi. Karen and I are still alive, we still think of all of you, and are doing well.
I have news: good and bad, depending upon how you view the world, I suppose. I've been offered and have accepted an overseas job with a government contractor. It is both a tremendous challenge and opportunity for me professionally and personally. I'd also like to especially thank two members who served as personal references for my employment application with the contractor, MPRI, Inc.
The bad news is that it is for 12-months in Kabul, Afghanistan, and I left for it on Wednesday, November 12th, via Washington DC and Dubai UAE. I was hired to be a Budget Development Mentor with the Afghan Ministry of Interior, and will be working with the military's Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan (CSTC-A)'s Office of the CJ-8 (Budget).
Karen remained in Southaven, MS to oversee the house, dogs and cats while I am overseas, keeping law and order over all.
I wish to continue to remain a long(er)-distance member of the Mpls-Univ Rotary Club and will keep you in my thoughts. My snail mail address here is:
John Oravis
MPRI
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