there are no easy solutions

to some of life's problems. Yesterday afternoon a student came to me with his essay and he needed to talk. He is far from home and I felt honoured that he chose me, an ex-pat wait man to help him, a Melanesian, talk through the problem he had. I could only listen and encourage him and I gave him my phone number in case he needed to talk ove r the weekend.
Life in the dorms can be lonely, particularly if one is feeling down and everyone else is enjoying sport so I wanted to make sure someone was there for him. As I said, I was happy he chose to come to me. After a while I got one of the national to help me and hopefully between us we were able to help the situation.