Praise God, Josephina is HOME!!!

What a sigh of relief to see Mama Kwo-Tek OUT of the hospital and in her home. The woman is smiling and awesome again. She will still need to rest but the hugs and smiles are back - PG!! Thank you all for praying.

As for prayer requests here are someI would appreciate:
Cosmas, the guard/groundskeeper/dad of the grounds has been sick with stomach pains. Pepto Bismol is working great but still....
The crops this year have been destroyed because of the scorching sun and too much rain at the wrong time - the seasons seemed to flip flop this year causing problems. Pray families will find ways to feed themselves and that other crops will come up alright.
For more sponsorship kids and sponsors.
People to disciple and build relationships and how we go about it.

Ok, prayer plug done. :)

We had the best, yet longest, meeting today (which I decided I need to bring capati every morning so we have something to eat...boy were Mary and I HUNGRY towards the end we couldn't even concetrate straight!)...we started our discipleship program. We are going through it as a staff in a small group fashion. The information and study will help them to then start discipling the parents. We had some great converstaions and really dug into the Word. They aren't too familiar with small groups so training them how it works is kinda fun. I am acting as the facilitator so they can see how it goes. The resource I am using will greatly benefit them with tools to have discussions and run a small group. I think they are excited....

The rest of the day I spent in the office working on developing the discipleship program while the guys went to the hospital to get Josephina. Five weeks done!!! PHEW!
The finally arrived with her at 5pm and we all escorted her home!! When I saw her walk into the office I just ran and hugged her. I think she is used to me hugging her now cuz she just expects it. Ha.

When we dropped her off we of course had to hangout in the center/market for a bit...met some new kids and mentally took names to check on them for profiles later in the week. One thing I did notice, was that there were a lot of men intoxicated and I probably saw it more because it was getting close to dark. They would walk around, be loud and just were saying strange things. It broke my heart that the kids have hope during the day but at night they see such lewdness. That is prayer request...for the children to remain safe atnd refrain from the following their footsteps.

Driving home I was greeted by all my little friends in Pece 'hood. Oh, how I love them! They asked for a ball....and it was still light out a bit, so what the heck! I grabbed the ball and the cones and they played up to aboro (8). I was actually able to carry on a bit of conversation with them and give directions on cleaning up! I greeted Grace my neighbor and then some other people, older adults, came out to see what we were doing. I think it is really foreign to them that I, an adult, want to spend time with the children and love them. My other neighbor Grace always asks me if they bother me. Ha. We played and talked. Odi of course had to scare my little Clavia away....sad.

I know it isn't customary to "mingle" with someone who works "for" you here, but I have to say I really do enjoy sitting outside and chatting with Cosmas. Today was the second day I offered tea to him and we talked. Of course I gave it to him because of the medicine I was giving him, but I think I am going to make tea and chat with him every night. He shares stories with me and then helps me with my Luo. So I think tea is in order. If I can afford it, maybe I will do bread and odii too. We will see. But he is just so awesome. I kinda feel like he is a dad....and I appreciate that.

As I sit under my mosquito net, I find myself laughing a big "HA!" at the mosquitoes...see, they try to come in and sit at the net...I hear them saying "Bzzzzz....I want to eat you" but they can't get me! HA! Oh how I appreciate my net. :)

Since yesterday, I've been really trying to work on my heart with being loving. All out, not for my own good, selfless, God-reminding, beautiful kind of love God has shared with me. The way He looks past my faults and sees the beauty in me and the relationship that had and at times still have and will have, special moments to savor...to do the same - to follow His example. That in mind, I am forgetting pain, hurt, deceit and forgetfulness as a trigger to not love, but rather I am remembering laughter, smiles, stories, kindness and joy to trigger the abundance of love. If that doesn't make sense, then oh well, just know that I am choosing love now in 100% of my life...not 99.9% :)

And Chinese toliet paper is the best.

And geickos move really fast when they think you are chasing them down the hall...