Two days in a row…
OK…first of all, for all of you English majors (like me) who noticed that I misspelled “their” (should have been “there”) in my last post, mea culpa. I noticed it after I sent it but these computers are so slow that I knew it would take a loonnnggg time to correct and I didn’t have that much time! I’m pretty amazed that I’m able to get at the computer again today, but Becca is still teaching a class here at the seminary so I have a little time — yea! Today I traveled with John Wesley (African name) and Warren and Verna Thompson from Akron to two villages to visit the people there and hear about their needs (which are huge). You cannot imagine the roads here…10 times worse than our most pot-holed roads — we got stuck three times and people from the nearby villages had to come out and help us! I have pictures…when I have more time I’ll add them. We met the nicest people who sang to us, visited with us, showed us their churches, and pitiful dispensaries, their broken water pumps, fed us and treated us like royalty. It was very humbling…We also waved to hundreds of children who would yell out “Baturi! Baturi!” (white people) as we drove by. And they love touching our skin, though some of the little ones are afraid. In the last village, the lay leader of the church gave us two chickens as a gift for our visit…and John Wesley told us it would be rude to refuse them, so they’re in the back of the vehicle. For you Jesus-people, think “the least coin”…truly blessed we are. Anyway, I don’t want to hog the computer…there are lots of people here waiting to get online. I’ll send more soon!