We continue to be amazed at God working in our lives. We have felt such a peace even in the midst of moving and being in a foreign country. When God is in it, He works everything out according to His plan.
Our trip to Choma was beautiful. The terrain is green and lush and the weather beautiful. We hear it’s very cold in Michigan. Let’s just say I think I’ve perspired more in the last week than for many years. The rains have been hard this year and many villages have been washed away and crops destroyed. Please pray that the rains subside and the people have the opportunity to recover.
Choma is an amazing town. We arrived on Friday afternoon and went directly to our home. It’s pleasant, has three bedrooms, living and dining room, kitchen, bath and back porch. We spent sometime cleaning and putting our things away and we are settling in. Shopping at the markets is an adventure, you go in and wait in the line at the counter and then try to tell them what you are looking for. Many things here have different names then we are used to. If they have it, they’ll get it and ring you up. We are trying to learn all the things they have stacked up to the ceiling. There is a grocery store here but prices are high.
We attended church service on Sunday, that was powerful! Sunday school was very good and that was followed by a wonderful service of praise and worship music and a good sermon on Gods’ love for us. It was very appropriate for David and I right now. The service is done in English and Tonga. The Tonga language is fascinating to listen to, very complex to try to understand. We are blessed that the majority of people we will be working with on the World Hope compound speak English very well.
We marvel each day of the things we as Americans take for granted. There is so much more involved in living each day here and it takes so much time to get things done. This is very humbling, things such as clean water, reliable electricity, trash disposal aren’t available.
The family living on the grounds behind us has planted their own garden and each evening Ba Dereks’ wife picks items to make for dinner. She spends her days sweeping the ground with a homemade broom, washing children and clothes and cooking. Always with a smile on her face, aren’t the children beautiful? David loves them and each morning gets his coffee and goes out to play with them. Makarana is 9, she’s the oldest, Sarah is 4, and Junior is 2, the only boy. The youngest is a girl that she carries on her back, she is 5 months old. Ba Derek has been so helpful, taking us to market, helping us buy bicycles, and helping us with the cultural differences.
Trying to ride a bicycle with a skirt on is quite a challenge. We could not find a true girls bike but something close. I wear yoga pants under my skirt to make sure my knees don’t show. We are getting in shape, pedaling on soft clay is a challenge. We are truly enjoying ourselves, each day presents something new to us.
Our first team arrives on Saturday with Jeff Johnson from World Hope who will be training us in our new jobs. The staff here has welcomed us with open arms and we can’t wait to begin work!
Please continue to pray for our adjustment to the culture, training for our new jobs, our family in the states and that the rain may ease up so the remaining crops may be saved and no more villages are damaged. Thank you for all your prayers, we can feel them!!!
Our trip to Choma was beautiful. The terrain is green and lush and the weather beautiful. We hear it’s very cold in Michigan. Let’s just say I think I’ve perspired more in the last week than for many years. The rains have been hard this year and many villages have been washed away and crops destroyed. Please pray that the rains subside and the people have the opportunity to recover.
Choma is an amazing town. We arrived on Friday afternoon and went directly to our home. It’s pleasant, has three bedrooms, living and dining room, kitchen, bath and back porch. We spent sometime cleaning and putting our things away and we are settling in. Shopping at the markets is an adventure, you go in and wait in the line at the counter and then try to tell them what you are looking for. Many things here have different names then we are used to. If they have it, they’ll get it and ring you up. We are trying to learn all the things they have stacked up to the ceiling. There is a grocery store here but prices are high.
We attended church service on Sunday, that was powerful! Sunday school was very good and that was followed by a wonderful service of praise and worship music and a good sermon on Gods’ love for us. It was very appropriate for David and I right now. The service is done in English and Tonga. The Tonga language is fascinating to listen to, very complex to try to understand. We are blessed that the majority of people we will be working with on the World Hope compound speak English very well.
We marvel each day of the things we as Americans take for granted. There is so much more involved in living each day here and it takes so much time to get things done. This is very humbling, things such as clean water, reliable electricity, trash disposal aren’t available.
The family living on the grounds behind us has planted their own garden and each evening Ba Dereks’ wife picks items to make for dinner. She spends her days sweeping the ground with a homemade broom, washing children and clothes and cooking. Always with a smile on her face, aren’t the children beautiful? David loves them and each morning gets his coffee and goes out to play with them. Makarana is 9, she’s the oldest, Sarah is 4, and Junior is 2, the only boy. The youngest is a girl that she carries on her back, she is 5 months old. Ba Derek has been so helpful, taking us to market, helping us buy bicycles, and helping us with the cultural differences.
Trying to ride a bicycle with a skirt on is quite a challenge. We could not find a true girls bike but something close. I wear yoga pants under my skirt to make sure my knees don’t show. We are getting in shape, pedaling on soft clay is a challenge. We are truly enjoying ourselves, each day presents something new to us.
Our first team arrives on Saturday with Jeff Johnson from World Hope who will be training us in our new jobs. The staff here has welcomed us with open arms and we can’t wait to begin work!
Please continue to pray for our adjustment to the culture, training for our new jobs, our family in the states and that the rain may ease up so the remaining crops may be saved and no more villages are damaged. Thank you for all your prayers, we can feel them!!!
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Aww the kids are cute!! Glad you made it there safely. Will continue to keep praying for you...
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