a misc post

Quick thing to pray for: the parts for our fridge need to make it to a pastor in GA before Wednesday as he leaves Thursday. Please pray they make it!!!
It seems a long shadow has lifted…the sun was shining, it was a beautiful day! We have been dealing with some personnel issues for over three weeks now. The amount of stress was unbelievable on our family-when mom and dad are stressed, everyone is stressed! It took a long time to get a response from the US office due to computer and email problems, then the personnel here decided to drag some things out…it just went on and on and on. It seems to have basically, finally, resolved itself. Monday should be the end. Pray it is! The whole atmosphere and feel of the place has changed since Friday when some of the staff moved-it just feels better around here. I know many of you have been here on summer teams and the above will pique your curiosity, so I will just let you know that Daniel and Henrich decided to leave. It seems everyone is still friends, but they decided this was best for them and their families.
We went to another BRAAI a few weekends ago. It was a good time for all. Nathan and Tim went with us and I think they enjoyed it. It was something (fellowship) they didn’t get to experience over in Malawi. The only bad part-Mariah got bit/scratched by their German shepherd dogs. It scared her pretty good, but probably scared the owners more! She is fine. There was plenty of food this time so that was good. We really need these times to just close off thoughts of work for a few hours. Unfortunately the truck started acting up on the way home, so it looks like we are going to need a mechanic to go through it. Vehicles over here are very expensive and they get very abused. We have changed filters too-air, oil and two fuel filters. They are about $40 a piece!!
We have baby guineas! At least 3 now, one got crushed, but the others are doing okay. We should get plenty more soon.
It has been raining just about every day now, anywhere from 1 to 2 inches. So we do a lot of clothes in the rain-makes rinsing a little easier, it’s just drying that creates a problem.
We also have a naked boy who runs around our house. It is easier in some ways-less clothes to wash, but I don’t think Nathan likes it too much . He is a complete Coppertone butt. It’s really pretty cute and makes toilet training a lot easier.
A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone for their Christmas and end of the year gifts. We have been incredibly blessed by the faithfulness of God’s people in helping to provide for our needs and ministry here. It looks like we will need some of it to pay for a good going-through on our vehicle.
As much as we hated the training our church had us do (because we just wanted to get here), all we can say now is THANK YOU!! Thank you especially for our time in Colorado at Missionary Training International. We used our training before we even got here and have used it about daily now that we are here! Gospelink said they would require anyone who came here after us to go through the training, so we are praying that P & L will find a way to do it. It’s crazy busy for them getting ready to come here, but having been here three months now, we know how much crazier it is going to be for them when they get here without it.
On Monday Brian is going to be picking up Catherine, who is Witness’s niece (?). She is going to live with Witness’s family and help me out a few days a week here with the clothes and some cooking and cleaning. I am just running out of time to do it all and do the other work that needs to be done. I should have more time for blogging on a regular basis too then.
I have also begun doing the bookwork for the school. I really enjoy it; it doesn’t take much time, but I feel a little more useful (ministry-wise). I guess I am also going to be Henry’s secretary for now. Until we get the office set up and he can print himself, he has been giving me tests to start typing.
On Friday night Brian and Nathan will be going to the airport to pick up Nathan’s dad, Pastor Cliff Morris. Students arrive on Saturday and the school year officially begins with 12 students. The campus isn’t quite ready, so they will be working hard on the cosmetics for the next week or so. Officials from the Finance Department will be coming out the 2nd week or so of February to see that students are here, then they said they will give Gospelink the tax-free number they have been waiting. Please pray they will approve. We aren’t sure what they will say as building is still going on. Please pray!!