Special Times, Special Children

Wednesday: When will Bill and Zech quit using the excuse of the alarm not going off? Every morning at 5-:5:30, the local Muslim Iman begins the morning prayers on the loud speaker at a near by mosque.

Can the days keep getting more and more special to us? This morning, the team went the children’s home early. We worshipped through singing and prayers with the children. Then, each member of the team was placed with a group of children and a worker. We prayed together in small group. The team members prayed for the children in the group dedicating them to the Lord. Our prayers were mixed with tears as we held the children’s hands and prayed. They were so happy. Again, we heard their stories and their songs. They asked if Zech could stay with them today. He returned in the afternoon.

The team returned to Kideti for Anne and Bonnie to continue their teaching with the children. Zech provided recreation. He is a great loveable giant to the children. Many times his head was all that could be seen above the dusk cloud created by kicking feet and a soccer ball. Bill and Floyd joined Mpeli and Thaddeus sharing the Gospel in the village—four young men prayed to receive Christ. Mpeli said that the church will follow up with the young men over and over. On the road, we met two of the men from the day before—they told Mpeli that they would come on Sunday.

The afternoon was somewhat lazy—more budget meetings for Floyd with Frank and Mpeli. Bonnie “this is so cool” Parker started her biology lessons again – teaching how to use the new microscope while showing blood, bacteria, and other biological techniques and terms. Anne is working toward her students’ great art show on next Wednesday.

Thursday, we have a special surprise for Anne – it is her birthday. We will leave Iringa for a special time together celebrating Queen Anne’s birthday. (Actually, we have two queens—Queen Anne, better known as QA, and the Queen of Cho, a.k.a. Bunnie).