30/06: Village People
Saturday we got to spend the morning at Asif's house (Maribeth, Eileen, Jean and myself). Here is a picture of my beautiful neice Rijah. This is Asif's daughter. For those of you who know him, please keep him in your prayers. He has gone through such a dramatic shift in personality and mental state since his accident. May the Lord grant you wisdom in how to pray for him, his wife Nazia, Rijah and Zeshan.
Sunday, the entire team packed up around 6:45am and headed out to the village church in Motopone. It was about a 3 hour drive in the brisk morning air, and extremely bumpy. Below is a picture of the team at the church. We had not only a crowd of people, but cows, goats, and chickens as well.
After church, we got to cross the small branch of the river to an island so that we could walk to the actually Shire River and see the Hippo's and Crocs. Well, we only had an hour to get there and back so we did this rush march through all of the gradnes, weeds, and briers to get there and back in a timely manner, (and we did see a croc), and when we got back to the river the boat man had his boat chained on the other side of the river and was gone. By the grace of God cell phones still work there so we were able to call someone on the other side to go and find him.
He showed up about an hour later drunk so another man took his key and pole and moved us across the river in his stead. It is a fast moving branch that is difficult to navigate. I will try and get some more pictures on here later from the California team.
They start their teacher training on Wednesday next week, and things here are going great. Cold weather, but great.
Love to all.
Sunday, the entire team packed up around 6:45am and headed out to the village church in Motopone. It was about a 3 hour drive in the brisk morning air, and extremely bumpy. Below is a picture of the team at the church. We had not only a crowd of people, but cows, goats, and chickens as well.
After church, we got to cross the small branch of the river to an island so that we could walk to the actually Shire River and see the Hippo's and Crocs. Well, we only had an hour to get there and back so we did this rush march through all of the gradnes, weeds, and briers to get there and back in a timely manner, (and we did see a croc), and when we got back to the river the boat man had his boat chained on the other side of the river and was gone. By the grace of God cell phones still work there so we were able to call someone on the other side to go and find him.
He showed up about an hour later drunk so another man took his key and pole and moved us across the river in his stead. It is a fast moving branch that is difficult to navigate. I will try and get some more pictures on here later from the California team.
They start their teacher training on Wednesday next week, and things here are going great. Cold weather, but great.
Love to all.
