Our King must have something Hugh in store for our team,
that’s the only conclusion I can come up with as to why we/the Island are being
hit with so many trials right now.
Culture shock has set in for most of us, at least for me
anyways, and the little things from home are being missed more and more. The
use of internet is one thing that comes to mind, a teammate of mind is
struggling to get her house being sold and dealing with banks issues, not a fun
thing to do anyways but take away the use of internet and it’s even more
frustrating. She is also recovering from Malaria, she is on the mend and doing
just fine, but the stress of being sick is never fun. Most of you know about E,
who is recovering from surgery on his ankle. There was a minor complication
with some inflection that set in but it was removed with more surgery and he
got a good report from the doctor.
The Evil one has been attacking our kids here as well. If
you know me, you know I have a BIG spot for kids and missing the little ones
from home so badly. Evil is attacking the kids in their bedrooms; the kids have
been hearing things and sometimes seeing things. We as a team have been on our
knees that whatever is trying to scare the boys and cause problems between them
will leave the house alone. These 2 sweet “Scotsman” boys have me wrapped
around their fingers, reminding me of some boys I love very dearly at home.
With one word I was taking, APPLE! I was giving the nickname “Apple” the first
week here, something to do with the way I was wearing my hair at the time or at
least that’s what they tried to explain to me. Their mom is also recovering
from Malaria.
As I am writing you the sun is beginning to pop out and
greet us for the first time in a week or so but it is STILL RAINING. I never
heard or seen thunder and lightning so bad in all my life, enough to make us
girls curl up in the bed together and yarp we get some sleep tonight. We have
been on our knees about all this rain we are getting; no one wants to be out in
the rain, not even the Islanders. At first it was beach days being put on hold,
language walks postponed, kids schools being canceled because of floods and
waiting to do errands until it’s our turn for the car. It wasn’t until we started to see villages
being swept away that we realized we should yarp for His will and ask more
boldly for the RAIN to STOP!
First let me tell you that WE ALL ARE FINE! Yesterday one of
our teammates went down from his house to see if he could help. His village is
right next to the village that is suffering the most from all this rain. As he
began to wade through the streets he told us you can still see people out and
about trying to carry on like a normal day. Kids are in the streets, some with
parents and some without. He could see men standing around looking at what a
mess this rain was causing, yet weren’t talking about what they should do. As
he stepped into one of the houses he saw where the water line had been coming
into the house, about 2 ft. deep in some places. Trash is floating everywhere
throughout the streets in the village and some houses have already been taken
away by all this water. He tried to get some of them to leave with him but they
don’t understand how serious this is nor do they want to leave their houses
unattended, theft could be a problem. Even today two men from the team are
working in the village, trying to help out in any way possible and above all,
SHOW HIM to those in need!
This village is the MAIN source of water for the entire
ISLAND, and now it’s FLOODED! None of us have ever experience this kind of
emergency, none the less we all went out and stocked up on can foods, water and
supplies. We are trying to catch as much rain water as we can, because we have
been told the water will be turned off for at least a week. Our neighbors were
so kind yesterday, they saw we weren’t home to catch water in our buckets and
they insisted we take some of theirs.
Boldly ask the KING for this RAIN to STOP, He knows all our
needs so He must have a reason for this rain but we are asking for it to stop
now…today, in the minute you read this. Thank you for your yarps and support!
Blessings,
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P.S. Hoping to meet with the Director of the Hospital next
week, yarp for HIS direction and guidance as to what work HE would have for me
there. Also, Spiderman is still alive and well. He has a little girlfriend now,
Mary Jane, and we are hoping we don’t see little ones soon! I caught my finger
in the trap trying to get it ready for them one night…I’m ok….just little sore.
I don’t know what’s worst, mashed finger or them in the bed with me…haha,
probably the second!
