Our First Week

Our first week has been full of adventure. We have both been under the weather this week. Prayers to get better and to stay healthy are greatly appreciated. Sunday night we went to Walking Street. Walking street is a big market that happens every Sunday. They sell everything from handmade jewelry to fried bugs. Out of the group that was going, only Ben could "drive." Using his optimism he Is richly blessed with, he rose to the opportunity. No left side of the road, stick shift obstacle was going to stop him.

On Tuesday we went to an orphanage to love on some babies. This particular orphanage only holds newborns to 5 year olds. We had so much fun playing with the kids and holding the babies. I  (Kara) held a baby named Da. Da's parents tried to have her aborted, but she survived. Da is a testament to God's will. God's will wins over abortion.

On Wednesday we went to another orphanage. This orphanage has older kids (5-18). Here at Gethsemane home we taught the students English and worshiped with them. We sang songs like father Abraham and Blue Skies and Rainbows. I was in charge of teaching the older kids English. I taught possessive adjective and pronouns, a topic I'm not sure I understood before I taught the lesson.   We will be going here every week to tech English and sing songs with the kids. Can't wait for next week!

On Thursday and Friday we taught English. Every Friday we have Cell group at the church.  We eat together, sing songs and them someone shares a lesson with the church. This Sunday Ben shared about his walk with Christ.

Saturday, we had a mugata party to celebrate the work of the church secretary Bon. He is moving on to a new job so there was a great party in his honor.

Bon's mugata party

Yesterday we had church service at the zone and then we had a church service at the Leprosy home.  We meet lots of people that are missing legs and fingers because of leprosy. One lady that I talked to has had leprosy for over 30 years. She came to love at the leprosy home 30 years ago and that's when she came to know Christ. In the hometown that she moved from no one was a Christian and she had never heard about God. Her story reminds me that God is in control. He makes good out of even the worst situations.