Bon Dia!
Here we are on Saturday, October 24, 2009!! Day of rest...going to take some girls from the base to the beach today to swim!! This week has been good...before I forget...there was a typo I said escochar is school, but it is escola...after I forwarded the email to be sent I discovered the typo...haha... African time delay;) Anyway, school has been great...we just had our first bout of malaria...Lizzy one of the school staff members found out yesterday and we're believing her healing will spring up rapidly and she will be whole in record time!!
We began practical missions assignments and I was assigned to a project on base for the children's ministry. I will be painting murals for the children's village feeding building and also for Juntos the cafe on base! The years of mural painting in high school, theatre design, and chalk drawings for Starbucks is paying off practically for the mission field. It's pretty neat! I'll try and send a photo as we progress.
There are roughly 300 children who live on base here, and many more who live in communities in surrounding villages with pastors, their wives, and widows who also take on the role of "mama" The goal is to establish communities where the children grow and have a father and mother to come home to. Each pastor that is a father of a community adopts 10-12 children!! On base, long term missionaries become parents to children in each dorm, and have family time together where they eat, go to the beach, or simply hang out! We as students and living in our own families get assigned to a particular dorm to enjoy for the next few months!
Well the day is beautiful and breezy and has already been jam packed with a trip to the beach and morning intercession...I think it's time for a nap;
Jesu nau fenta
(Jesus Loves You)
Tchau,
Desiree
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