A Fast Week

This week has gone by quite quickly. Barb has been busy each morning with knitting with the women at SACAB. The men were gone most of this week so they had women's knitting club each morning. They have made good progress and are nervous that the time is coming to a close and they haven't learned all that they want to.

Children's Ministry at the Arapai church has gone very well. Yesterday we had our biggest group so far, about 100 kids. It has gotten a little crazy at times. We made fish out of CDs on Wednesday by gluing fins, tail and eyes on the CD. It was just Tim, Barb and me trying to keep control of about 80 kids who all wanted something shiny to take home. When we finished that day, we knew that we had been working with a large number of kids. Today we finish up with the stories of the ascension of Jesus and Pentecost. We began with Jesus calling his disciples to be fishers of men and are ending with them going out to do so.

We have had some uniquely African experiences the last couple nights. On Wednesday night it rained for about 8 hours. When we went back to our apartment the boys and girls from the family in the back we busy washing their clothes and bathing in the courtyard. They were having a great time sliding across the smooth concrete on their bare bottoms. No pictures to share of this event.

Last night, after several days of rain after a dry spell, the White Hand ants hatched. These are flying ant creatures that live a short time after hatching but are gathered by the people who fry them up for some protein. We woke at 2:00 this morning to a woman and a couple small children gathering these under the light in the courtyard. They were not being very quiet and after waking we found that many people were up in the neighborhood doing the same thing. No, we did not have any to eat today.

Keep praying for health and energy to do the things that we have lined up. The end of the time is fast approaching.