NOW WE DON'T HAVE INTERNET

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