Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Another day in African life!

So we took a day off yesterday! and it felt great! we went down to Lake tangynyka and enjoyed a day on the sand. after 3 weeks our group definately needed some bonding time with each other to get strength for the busy week ahead. We even ordered a pizza and it wasnt half bad. Here we are with only a little over a week left! and im already starting to feel emotional! oh dear! Please pray for Emily and I, we are preparing lessons for VBS this week with the children. We usually have about50 chidlren in sunday school but we are doing al we can to get as many of the neighborhood children as possible and they are coming. We are thinking we are going to have around 100 kids with the way they keep turning up each time we show up for church. So were going to need some prayer! We just had an incrdibly blessful weekend. We went to a party that the youth threw for us! so fun! it was just like a youth party in the states we ate, talked, joked, and laughed alot. And what do you know...boys here are looking for girlfriends in their youth groups as well. Emily and i were never lacking for a conversation and somebody even tried to hook jeremy up with a date. He told him he couldnt do long distance, what a heartbreaker! :) Please pray for our dear friend Bosco here. He is head of evangelsim at the church and is the one who builds relationships with people like the pygmies whom we visited last week. He just lost his job and his wife is 8 months pregnant. He is such a wonderful man of God and needs all the prayer you can give. Thanks alot for all you prayers and thoughts! we love you all so much!

1 comment:

Buckaroody said...

Beach,
Pizzas,
Parties,
Now THAT is a mission trip!

I encourage the team to find a way to "leave your mark", whether it be in some wet concrete, etched in a tree, a wall of the church...something that will be a lasting memory of you. So when you are gone, the VBS children can show their friends your 'mark' and tell them the wild tales of light skinned girls with yarn in their hair, beauty in their eyes and Christ in their heart! (Plus, the local boys can reminisce about the beautiful American girls that loved to hear us count One, Two, Tree,...)
Love beyond measure
Don't stop believin'
Father Bill