Secondary Project Fell into my Lap

At some schools it is easy.

In a previous post I wrote, "but I am not really doing the footwork that is necessary to start a secondary project."

But umm... one kind of fell into my lap without much effort.

I have lunch with my counterpart on a weekly basis and we talk about Chinese culture, teaching, and my experiences in Gansu.  I mentioned in passing without really any intention of starting a resource center that in Gansu we had a really cool English library where students volunteered to run the library and we helped write grants to shelve the place with English books donated by Darien Book Aid Plan.

Today we invited our counterparts out for a thank you hot pot lunch because they are awesome counterparts who notify us in advance about exams, and school related announcements, have been super friendly inviting us to dinner and lunches and to play badminton and have provided us with valuable information about Chinese culture.  Lo and behold, what does my counterpart say, "I told the Dean about the resource center in Gansu, and the Foreign Language Department would like to provide you with a room."  A room that is supported by the school is the first step and usually takes a lot of meetings with leaders.

But Wow!!!  So easy.  Incredible!!!  Weird!!!  I have never had a secondary project just fall into my lap.  Crazy lucky?