We woke to the sound of rain. For the first couple of hours it was just sprinkling. We thought about going for a walk but Steve was afraid that we would get drenched and he hates to be wet! The man came to raise the mounds for the cassava but he never went to the field; he just sat on the porch. We did not think that he was going to be able to work because the ground was too wet to work. Steve was a bit put out when he asked for his chop money (money for lunch). He should have just stayed home.
Shortly before 9:00 Meri, Amama, and Zorash showed up for work. We opened the Child Center but only a handful of mothers ventured out in the bad weather. About 10:00 the sky got very dark and we knew we were going to get a huge storm. When I saw it coming I asked the workers if they wanted to go home. Meri said she had to go home because they had no water in the house and she wanted to catch the rain water. Zorash said she would never make it home before it rained. Sure enough about 2 minutes after Meri left the bottom fell out and we got lots of wind and rain. Zorash was sad because before she came to work the mason had molded 40 cement blocks to finish her building project. She knew the blocks would be a puddle of mush when she got home.
Since very few mothers came to the Center we spent the day “crafting”. Zorash has been gathering stones and shells. I drilled holes in them and I brought out a stash of beads and we made necklaces. Amama needed lots of help making her necklace. She could not figure out how to make a pattern with the various colored beads. After she finished hers I asked her if she wanted to make another one; she quickly said “NO!”
Three of the brothers from Salinkuka came to fill out their paper work. Divine, the evangelist, was supposed to meet them here at the mission house to help them fill it out correctly but he could not make it in because of the heavy rain. Steve drove out to Divine’s house and picked him up. When we closed the Child Center we went to town and bought lunch for everyone. The brothers also needed to buy communion juice and bread. We had the juice but we did not have any bread. Timothy Niligrini’s wife Rita makes the bread for all the congregations. One of the brothers called Timothy and he brought the bread out to the mission house when the rain stopped.
Today was Yendi’s big market day so when we took the men back to town to catch their bus back to their village we went to the market. We also stopped to see if we could pick up the new sign board for Kanimo church. The sign had been painted but no one was around to take the money.
Thank you for all you do for us and for the work. We really appreciate the help.
In His Service,
Steve and Kandie
