Monday, November 15, 2010

Random Thoughts and Sights


Hi Everyone,
Just wanted to share a few pictures with you of some things that have been going
on around here.
A week or so ago, Crist dropped me off at Pastor
Dauda and Ladi's home and I put them to work. I had brought from the states a book entitled "50 Things to Make with A Paper Plate." I had been noticing that the Sunday School has NO materials or anything for the kids to do except sit and listen or go outside to play. So I came equipped with pipe cleaners, crayons, paper plates, glue, stickers etc. Over the next two hours, we made "Jesus Loves Me" plates that were colorful and cute. We made 65 to make sure that every child would get one. As people dropped by to visit with Ladi, I put them to work too, so by the end of the craft session, we had 6 people helping. They're going to be handing them out this coming Sunday to the children. We prayed over the plates, so please pray with us that the children will experience God's love for them in these plates.
The next two pictures are of plumbing pipes in the apartments that are almost completed. Will and Theresa will be moving into their apartment this weekend. They are very excited. Crist and John have been working hard the past few weeks to get them finished. Crist helped John with the plumbing and electrical stuff. The electrical picture is of what our electrical stuff looks like. ("stuff" - that's the best I can do in naming things that have to do with electrical "stuff." ooops, there I go again!) For some reason, the past few weeks, we have only had electricity a couple of hours a day and usually that's at night. It had been getting better, but now we've digressed once again. I know many of you wonder how we can use our internet without electricity - here we get internet "cards" that allow us 50 hours of internet time. When our hours are up, we get a new card. It works pretty well. And we're really thankful that we're not dependent on the electric company for our time on the computer. And it's not uncommon for the washing of the clothes to be done at night! We do have a generator that we run every five or six hours for an hour or so to keep the things
in the refrigerator at least cool.
And, of course, what would a blog be without the usual picture of a man and his monkey? grin This isn't a common sight, but as we were driving into our compound, there in front of us was this man. Corrie quickly got out of the car and asked if she could "snap" his picture. He thought she was crazy, but he said she could. Just an interesting sight I thought you might enjoy.
It's hard to believe we're at the half-way point of our time here in Jos. It's been fast, it's been slow and it has certainly been a challenge, but God has been so faithful to Crist and I. We feel His leading and we feel His love - I think we'll stay to see what this next half will be like!! grin
In-joy,
Eileen and Crist



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