Day 5
Hi to everyone! The kids today were very good- it is always good when we see them. Today we got a chicken from Pastor Joseph. Tomorrow afternoon we are going to kill and cook the chicken. We named her Henrietta. We walked around the market today while we were waiting for Dave and Dr. T to finish up the STS leadership training for the day. While we were at the market, we saw the group of Americans we planned to have dinner with the night before. It did not work out last night, so we had them over for dinner tonight. We had steak (from a butcher where they sawed the meat off of the leg!), sausage, salad with bannanas, and mashed potatoes.
Friday afternoon, Dave and I helped out a kid who is about 3 years old who had a nasty cut on his hand and a few on his face. We cleaned the cuts and bandaged the one on his hand. He cried from the sting of the alcohol. I felt heart broken because no one had did anything for his cuts. 3 hours later another kid was playing football and he cut his foot about 3 times and blood was going down his feet. Sam and I cleaned it up with alcohol and water and put a bandage on it. We cuts a pinky from the glove and put it on his toe over the bandage. When I think about what God thinks of this, I know he is happy we are spending time with His children and saying yes to what he wants us to do and not saying no.
Please pray for us…for all seven of us to have a nice experience in Africa for the last 2 weeks and for the children to have food, water, and new clothes, new shoes, and a relationship with Jesus.
Thank you for supporting us while we are in Africa.
love, Joseph