Monday, October 20, 2008

Hello! We hope you are all doing well. Things have begun to calm down here. Phyllis left on Thursday to go back to the States for Jim’s funeral. She will be coming back in a couple of weeks. We are hoping and praying that she can get all she needs to get done in that time. While she is gone, the church and our Fulani friends will be making sure that everything goes well at the school. There is no need to worry, we are well taken care of. Every day people come by to make sure we are well and our guards had a big meeting before she left to make sure they will keep us safe. Though Phyllis is gone, work has moved forward on the projects here. Jamison has been re-wiring much of the electrical system here. The panel was too small and overcrowded, so Jamison installed a new one that will allow them to expand. He also installed a switch to change from power to generator that will make switching power over easier. We got to test it out on Sunday when the power came back on; it had been off for nearly two weeks! But our generator had been keeping the lights and fans on, so it wasn’t too bad. It is really nice to have our air conditioning back! Many people from the village had been coming to charge their cell phones here, since we were one of the only places in the village that had power. The men have been working hard on getting the foundation of the bathroom ready for concrete and working on the plumbing for our new well, which is producing much better than the last one. The women are continuing painting shutters. I have begun working on the mural. I have never done something like this before, so it should be interesting to see how things turn out. I have nearly completed sketching it out; it will look nice when it is all done. Continue to pray for Phyllis as she has much to do in the next couple of weeks. Thank you for all of your prayers, we appreciate them so much! We love you and miss you!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm so proud of you guys! JOY! your hair is SO long! I can't wait to see the mural! I hope Jamison has a great birthday!!

Anonymous said...

Hey guys ... thanks for the post on our blog site! I guess we are both praying for each other a lot. I hope that things are going well with Phyllis being gone. It is sad. There are so many things that we do around here and we think of both of you. Tonight, we had homemade pizza and I was thinking that I wish you were here with us to enjoy it. =) I may not get to see you while I am in Africa, but I sure will be a whole bunch closer to you. Rob