Don't Know Where to Start!

I need to load some more photos, yet. I still haven't shown you any of the Geneva shots. But, I'll do that after I post some thoughts. I really don't know where to start because so much seems to be happening!!!!

Church -- well, we've decided to continue attending Dayspring for now. We had a great experience on Sunday. The worship was great, the people were friendly, but we especially loved the message. It was one of the most practical we've ever heard in our lives. The pastor preached from the passage in Acts 8 where Phillip was prepared to share the good news about Jesus with the Ethiopian eunich. It was a great message, not a "you should" approach like we'd heard so many times before but more of a "this is our privilege and calling; what a joy!!" approach. And then ... get this ... he sent us out in the area -- assigning various sections of the church of about 1500 of us to different roads or sections. We had 1/2 hour to share the good news of Jesus with others and then come back. Prince and Jim and I went out but we were late because the pastor wanted to visit for a bit before we left -- so -- everywhere we met people, others had been before us. It was still great, though. I know, it would be offensive in America ... it was hard for us to even consider at first ... but in Nigeria this approach was well received. When we got back, we had a great time of worship and then some people shared stories of what had happened. Many people who had been approached in the streets came back to the rest of the service, even. And some made serious choices to become followers of Jesus. Way cool!!!!!

Jim's job -- he's more busy than ever but because his office is so close to the house I get to see him very often for lunch and then we have a late dinner and relax. Tonight Jim and Prince are watching the first DVD of The Lord of the Rings. Interesting experience for Prince. Very different from anything he's ever seen. He's not familiar with the genre called "Fantasy" so he's always asking Jim, "how could that happen, Master?"

Prince's book -- not progressing very swiftly. We tried to work on it twice today but had people stop in and were unable to move forward. If only I could record his regular chatting because he's always launching into another story when I don't have my laptop handy.

Christian, the vegie guy -- I haven't said much about him of late. I've been very frustrated with him for many weeks. He lies easily and isn't very sensible about his business in general. He has lost most of his customers on the camp. Prince has tried to talk with him, to give him some advice. That hasn't worked well. So, today Christian and I had a long visit. I'm trying to get him to find work outside the camp. He's not even making any profit. Today he made -N200. That's about minus $1.40. That's a lot of loss, actually. So, I talked from every angle I could, trying to get him to comprehend some basics of business sense. He tried hard to grasp it. Then we prayed. He's such a dear but he's really in bondage and he's very simple minded. Now, in my new role as women's leader on the camp, it will fall to me to "sack" him, I fear. So, I'm trying to get him to find another job before he's lost this one. Dear guy.

My new role -- I still welcome all prayer support you have for me!! Some of these gals can get pretty nasty. Too much time on their hands, I fear. But I'm sooooooooo loving the support I have from all of the workers. They say that they have been praying for a very long time that God would send someone to help make this place a better, more positive, place to work. They see me as an answer to that prayer. Whenever they tell me that, I just beg them to keep praying!!! There's such amazing potential in this place -- consider all of the combined backgrounds, cultures, skills, training, ... phenomenal, really!! So, I trust that we can begin to have a sense of unity and cooperation.

Bible Study -- has been on hold with each of us traveling. We'll resume next Monday evening. Great potential, still.

Children's Bible Class -- we finally start this Saturday. There's a lot of interest, for sure. The multi-cultural aspects make the multi-age aspects seem simple!!!! I bought a couple of Children's Bibles in Geneva and a few little goodies to enhance the classes. I'm really looking forward to getting going with this!!!

Shipment -- well, yesterday it was confirmed that we would get it today. Now it's confirmed for tomorrow. I think that word needs to always appear in quotation marks when said in this place. As in "tomorrow" -- the answer to every WHEN question. Prince's answer to every WHY question is "Zed" as in XYZ!!! He says that this is the best answer to "why" in Nigeria because there never really is a true reason!!!!

The problem with not knowing where to start is that it means I also don't know how to stop!!!!

I'll stop now, post this, and then try to post some more photos.