Well, today is November 20 and we are at Kibidula for a spiritual week with Frank Fournier. It has been great messages and we have also been helping with a workbee taking down the old boy's dorm here. Back in Mago, well, the container comes tomorrow and so we won't get the pews out until next year. The fundis did as much as they could this year but was in the middle of building the new garage waiting for the container. Little to say, it won't get finished until next year. They did build side walks at 4 staff houses, between the new kitchen and preparation room and steps at the new kitchen and also the newest staff house. Looks great. Been slow towards the end of the year, which is good because that gave us time to get some kitchen cupboards started at Janet's house and also we had 3 girls from DayStar Academy here for a few months and Jerry Harris came for a week to pick them up to meet with other DayStar people in Zambia to do one-day-churches. While he was here that week he got us plumbing inside the house. This is great! Flush toilet, water to shower stall, water in kitchen. We even did a few loads of laundry in the washing machine with the help of a generator. Work is going good otherwise. Going to post this now, sorry for the late posting. The internet did not last long in August and I couldn't post anything until coming to Kibidula. Will be leaving mid December to come home. Not sure of another post until arriving home. May the Lord bless as He directs each one of us. The rest of the blog was done in August.
Well, we did have internet. It seems it comes and goes. I don't quite understand it, but really, who does.
We have been keeping busy since Janet has been gone; which she will arrive in Africa on the 6th of September. We have the roof on two of the three buildings and the septic tank hole dug and is almost finished. Jason has called Joel (one of our fundis) home for about a week so that he can help build 2 one-day-churches with the Czech people visiting there. He had to take the two drill guns that we use for the one-day-church so we can't continue on that part, but have plenty to do with out that. We need to finish the brick laying, install windows and then plaster the inside walls of the two buildings with roofs.
We are digging up the ground by our two existing containers making room for one more and also two garages between the three. We will also have a cement floor under these containers; now that will be fun to accomplish. Yeah, right! We will have to empty all containers, use a come along that hopefully Janet will not forget, and logs under the containers to roll them back on the cement floor, then load containers back up. We may have to unload, load, unload and then load again, depending on time it takes to get the floor done. Want to help?
We have started breaking ground for a garden in one of our long shambas (fields) and giving the campus a face lift. We have done some slashing (can't wait for lawn mowers on container), raking and picking up trash, papers, etc. all over campus. We have, also, thinned one of our forest of evergreens and cut the low branches off of them, and chopped down some of our bamboo on the property. It is really looking nice. Still have some other stuff to do, but in time this will come.
I don't know when this will get posted, the date today is August 28, Sunday, and I have tried to get on the net but didn't succeed. I had 2 towers (which isn't a lot) but is better than what I have been getting and still couldn't get on. Maybe tomorrow.
Janet said that she will be bringing a lady her for a few weeks and then next month 3 girls from Day Star Academy will be here for 3 months. I hope they will be blessed, truly blessed by being here.
Sorry to all of you who read this blog; it has been slow coming. Maybe will be better as time goes on. We will have to see.
Just a spiritual note I want to share with you that I read this morning our of 3T p237: “Some are easily stirred and frequently become irritated; and, if abused, they retaliate. This is just what Satan exults to have them do. The enemies of truth triumph over this weakness in a minister of Christ, for it is a reproach to the cause of present truth. Those who show this weakness of character do not rightly represent the truth or the ministers of our faith.” This spoke to me and I am not a “minister” but I do frequently become irritated. I know you are praying for me, and I appreciate it very much, but I ask that you will pray for me in this specific area, also. And if this quote is speaking to you, my prayer is that we may all overcome as Christ overcame, for He did not become irritated or retaliated when He was abused.
This is all for now....
Signing off from Mago, TZ
Deniece
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
WE HAVE INTERNET!!
We have been in Mago, Tanzania for about 3 months and just yesterday (Wednesday) was able to get on the internet. We have tried a number of times but did not get any service. It is so nice to talk with my family and friends back home.
So, what have we been doing during these three months. Well, we had 2 of Janet's grandchildren here which kept her busy in a lot of respect. But finally, we got three buildings started and the fundis are more that half way done with them. We have another staff house (possibly for Mechanic teacher), we have a kitchen for our cook to cook for the students, and a storage building to store lumber for our carpentry class. At the end of the building is a 12x20 room that we are building a mechanic's pit to work under the vehicles. We had a visit from a potential mechanic teacher which appears to be interested and will be back when Janet comes back. Oh, by the way, Janet is in America at Eden Valley. She went home for ASI convention in early August and will return the first part of September. We have also thinned out part of our forest behind our house, fixed our driveway and slashed (cut weeds) along our road to make it look neater.
We have near 50 students, 27 in carpentry, 7 in advanced sewing, and 15 in beginner's sewing. We have room for 32 students in each dorm and right now we have about 12 students in each dorm. The rest are village students. Our Bible Worker just told me yesterday that 40 of the students are interested in bible study. He has a bible class every weekday morning and this morning passed out the studies to the students. Earlier this year we had 18 people get baptized and out of the 18 was about 12 – 14 students. The Lord is working on the hearts of these young people, but sad to say, the enemy is too. We have some troubled students that are rebelling against authority and we need prayers for these young people.
Baraza and I have been working with a lady in her 60's who has a big sore on the bottom of her foot. It looks like it has been burnt, but her and her family says that she didn't get burnt. Anyway, we have been doing wound care on her and she is improving. She wanted to pay us after the 3rd visit, but I told her my Boss (pointing upwards) pays me and she started crying. She is a dear lady and she wants to come and visit here when she can walk again.
I am going to sign off now, until another time...
Goodbye from Mago....
Deniece
So, what have we been doing during these three months. Well, we had 2 of Janet's grandchildren here which kept her busy in a lot of respect. But finally, we got three buildings started and the fundis are more that half way done with them. We have another staff house (possibly for Mechanic teacher), we have a kitchen for our cook to cook for the students, and a storage building to store lumber for our carpentry class. At the end of the building is a 12x20 room that we are building a mechanic's pit to work under the vehicles. We had a visit from a potential mechanic teacher which appears to be interested and will be back when Janet comes back. Oh, by the way, Janet is in America at Eden Valley. She went home for ASI convention in early August and will return the first part of September. We have also thinned out part of our forest behind our house, fixed our driveway and slashed (cut weeds) along our road to make it look neater.
We have near 50 students, 27 in carpentry, 7 in advanced sewing, and 15 in beginner's sewing. We have room for 32 students in each dorm and right now we have about 12 students in each dorm. The rest are village students. Our Bible Worker just told me yesterday that 40 of the students are interested in bible study. He has a bible class every weekday morning and this morning passed out the studies to the students. Earlier this year we had 18 people get baptized and out of the 18 was about 12 – 14 students. The Lord is working on the hearts of these young people, but sad to say, the enemy is too. We have some troubled students that are rebelling against authority and we need prayers for these young people.
Baraza and I have been working with a lady in her 60's who has a big sore on the bottom of her foot. It looks like it has been burnt, but her and her family says that she didn't get burnt. Anyway, we have been doing wound care on her and she is improving. She wanted to pay us after the 3rd visit, but I told her my Boss (pointing upwards) pays me and she started crying. She is a dear lady and she wants to come and visit here when she can walk again.
I am going to sign off now, until another time...
Goodbye from Mago....
Deniece
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Africa, Here We Come
Well, it is that time again and we are getting ready to go. Our container which has sat here for over a year is nearly full. Jason and Frank worked on it last year around the time of ASI filling it up with all the things Janet and I had set aside. Janet, if you remember, did not come home for ASI and so the job was left up to the guys. They did a good job, but is was incomplete. Since we have been home we have gathered more stuff to put into the container to make it as full as possible. We have room for about 5 more boxes and we have about 8 plus an exercise machine for one of our friends at Kibidula and also some wrestling mats. No they are not for Janet's and my wrestling matches. We will be using them at the day care. Anyway, we will see about getting everything in. Where there is a will there is a way - and if Janet wants it, her will will get it done.
I have started to pack, but have a lot more to get together. Upon getting our tickets, Janet and one of her granddaughters and one of her grandsons ended up on a separate flight then myself. They will be leaving on the 8th of May with an overnight layover in Washington DC and then going thru another country in middle east and arriving in afternoon on the 10th. I leave on the 9th and have about a 6-7 hour layover in London and arriving at 7:00 the morning of the 11th. She will meet me at the airport and I think Jason will have been there to pick her and the kids up so they will probably be there and more that likely we will leave from there to head back to Kibidula than onto Mago.
I am looking forward to going and getting some much needed work done. As soon as the container comes we will unload some pews that EVI Church gave us. I want to get them ready and installed in our little church over there. It will be so nice to actually have padded pews instead of boards to sit on. Also we would like to get water to the houses, Janet's kitchen set up, pipeline dug for our hydro-plant, and a couple of buildings built (1 staff house, 1 pole barn for the wood for the carpentry class, and maybe a garage). We also have our tractor on there which will be used to get the ground ready for planting this year (maybe) if we have time.
Mariam (our translator's wife) is due to have her 3rd child at the end of April first part of May so we will have another little one to "play" with upon arriving or shortly there after. We have 50 students enrolled in the school over there with 30 living in our dorms. I am so glad we were able to get the dorms built and as ready as we could for them.
Please pray for us as we head back and hit these projects head on. We need to finish this year if possible and I know all things are possible with Christ who strengtheneth us day by day. I have been memorizing Bible promises about strength for that is something I am lacking in my life - that is spiritual strength. One quote from EGW - (paraphrased) is that the power we have available to us from above is more than all the power of Satan and his angels combined. All we have to do is want it and believe we will get it upon asking for it. And I do, but we have to die to obtain it, that is the hard part. Then again, that is where faith comes in.
And this is where I go out....
Signing off from EVI, Loveland CO
Deniece
I have started to pack, but have a lot more to get together. Upon getting our tickets, Janet and one of her granddaughters and one of her grandsons ended up on a separate flight then myself. They will be leaving on the 8th of May with an overnight layover in Washington DC and then going thru another country in middle east and arriving in afternoon on the 10th. I leave on the 9th and have about a 6-7 hour layover in London and arriving at 7:00 the morning of the 11th. She will meet me at the airport and I think Jason will have been there to pick her and the kids up so they will probably be there and more that likely we will leave from there to head back to Kibidula than onto Mago.
I am looking forward to going and getting some much needed work done. As soon as the container comes we will unload some pews that EVI Church gave us. I want to get them ready and installed in our little church over there. It will be so nice to actually have padded pews instead of boards to sit on. Also we would like to get water to the houses, Janet's kitchen set up, pipeline dug for our hydro-plant, and a couple of buildings built (1 staff house, 1 pole barn for the wood for the carpentry class, and maybe a garage). We also have our tractor on there which will be used to get the ground ready for planting this year (maybe) if we have time.
Mariam (our translator's wife) is due to have her 3rd child at the end of April first part of May so we will have another little one to "play" with upon arriving or shortly there after. We have 50 students enrolled in the school over there with 30 living in our dorms. I am so glad we were able to get the dorms built and as ready as we could for them.
Please pray for us as we head back and hit these projects head on. We need to finish this year if possible and I know all things are possible with Christ who strengtheneth us day by day. I have been memorizing Bible promises about strength for that is something I am lacking in my life - that is spiritual strength. One quote from EGW - (paraphrased) is that the power we have available to us from above is more than all the power of Satan and his angels combined. All we have to do is want it and believe we will get it upon asking for it. And I do, but we have to die to obtain it, that is the hard part. Then again, that is where faith comes in.
And this is where I go out....
Signing off from EVI, Loveland CO
Deniece
Monday, February 7, 2011
Another Post, Yeah!
I keep getting the thought that it is time for another blog entry, but I don't know what all to write. We are home and Janet and I are working on mapping out some areas where the new houses will be built. We did this in Africa and so our experience is coming in handy. The container that has our new John Deer Tractor is still here. It is not full yet and we want to use all the space we can to put things in that we can use over there; we have already added to the items in there. We are hoping to get it shipped soon. It will take about 4 months to get it to our place so we want it shipped so that it will arrive shortly after arriving there ourselves.
I am in Georgia now and have been to 1 of 3 churches where I am putting on a powerpoint presentations that shows the things we have been doing for the last few years. It was well received on Sabbath in a church in Tennessee. I have 2 more to give in a couple of churches in Georgia. My mother came down from Wisconsin to see me for about a week and it has been a good visit. I am staying at my sister and brother-in-law's house for the three weeks that I will be here.
I want to thank everyone for their support and prayers while the work is going on over in Tanzania. The Lord has blessed in that the work we have done could not have been done without Him; and we are thankful for His watch care and love for us while there and also here.
That is all for now, from GA
Deniece
I am in Georgia now and have been to 1 of 3 churches where I am putting on a powerpoint presentations that shows the things we have been doing for the last few years. It was well received on Sabbath in a church in Tennessee. I have 2 more to give in a couple of churches in Georgia. My mother came down from Wisconsin to see me for about a week and it has been a good visit. I am staying at my sister and brother-in-law's house for the three weeks that I will be here.
I want to thank everyone for their support and prayers while the work is going on over in Tanzania. The Lord has blessed in that the work we have done could not have been done without Him; and we are thankful for His watch care and love for us while there and also here.
That is all for now, from GA
Deniece
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