Sometimes when things don’t go as planned…I just have to laugh

Sometimes when things don’t go as planned…I just have to laugh. I can’t believe that I’m saying that and having those thoughts. It’s not what I would have done in the time before Rwanda. If you don’t understand what I mean, let me explain.

If you’ve read any of my other blogs, you know that a lot of my time has been dedicated to chickens. I spent 3 months in the beginning research, learning, and talking to many people about the creation of a chicken business. I feel that I put together a well research and thought out plan. It was approved in May and I was so excited! I was ready to bring in our first group of 1,200 day old laying chicks. I did the research and found a good place to order them. Little did I know that the process of getting chicks in Rwanda is not that easy.

I began by trying to order them from a place in Zimbabwe. I went with that hatchery because I knew of another place in Rwanda who had success with them and they had a good price. Originally we were supposed to get them the first week of June. Then I was told June 16th but our office didn’t get the paperwork to them in time. Then we made another date for them to come and it didn’t work out. Then we found out that Kenyan Airways has a back order on shipping livestock. He said he would get back to me as soon as possible. He then told me that we should find another place. I tried different places. I tried to have meetings for a month with a guy in Kigali but that didn’t work out. Finally we decided to go with a place in Uganda and we would just drive to get them. They said send us the money and then a month after that, you can come to pick up the chicks. We wired the money 10 days ago. Last week I sent an email to the place asking if they received it…they hadn’t.

I was in a meeting today and we got a call from our bank that the account number was not correct that our accounting department sent…when I found this out, I couldn’t help but laugh. I’m trying to do all I can to get them here but it doesn’t always work out like you think.