A Short Update For Today....

We had a marvelous day.   After devotions (in which I read the wrong day's passage, but it worked out OK I think...)  we started with a visit with Ellen (mother of Edward, world’s cutest singer … those who followed our 2015 blog may remember him, or you can look back…)  

She gave us an excellent talk on her biogas system which really was a fantastic primer in the end on the whole FH work here.   There was an enormous amount we saw and learned; I think I will leave it for a talk at our sharing night (hint hint, plan to be there).   I will title it:

“How to go from"

“to”

“in several easy steps”

We spent a significant amount of time today visiting with sponsored children.  Thus far we have met with Ivan, Sarah, Manjer, Aramaz, Grace and Peter.   These are a marvelous time in which we can share with the sponso-rees and their caregivers, bringing them love and encouragement and praying a blessing over them.    

One visit in particular today underscored just how important sponsorship and our visits are.  It was a very emotional event; she was so happy and grateful for the visit.   Do not think that the work we do in sponsoring these young people is a small thing.

We had an impromptu time visiting with Nakonyi and Jennifer who we had met on the 2015 trip.  They are an enormously happy and encouraging couple:   

(see the July 24 2015 post on http://destinationmarare.blogspot.com/2015/ for more on them) .   But do pray for them; they have had a very hard last couple years, having lost two of their three sons.

And finally we had a really nice low key time with the ladies' handicrafts training group and other members of the community, doing … well, really, just hanging out.