Hello family and friends, 

Although this is supposed to be the beginning of the dry season, it rained most of the night last night.  That made for a very comfortable sleep and a pretty muddy worksite this morning.  So muddy in fact that the Bennetts decided to show us the town this morning and cover some cultural orientation this afternoon.  I think we as a team were secretly very relieved that we didn’t have any major work to do today as we were still pretty tired from the trip.  We are much more rested now, and are looking forward to tomorrow. 

This evening we did some planning for the youth services we will be doing next week, and had a ‘real’ missions experience – the power went out.  It has been going on and off for a good part of this evening, but thanks to our flashlights, we still have been productive and are looking forward to the youth events.  The picture below is one of us looking up passages in the dark about sowing and growth and harvest which is our theme for the services. 

Tomorrow we will be doing some landscaping at the Bible College to help direct the water run-off away from the buildings.  It will involve a lot of digging, but with the extra rest from today, we are ready! 

Thanks for your prayers!

Nathan (for the team)