Early morning visitors.
Glory’s parents came to thank us for all the help we have provided for the nursery school. This is our third year working with Glory. They brought us gifts of nsima, beans, and Fanta. Somehow Glory misunderstood when I asked for her school colors. She thought I was providing uniforms for the students. I must be more careful.
Sewing Group
Christina came to the sewing co-op and brought corn and a live chicken. She thanks us for what we have done. The rest of the sewing group is gathering for a day of work.
The elders stopped by for a final meeting.
Bless Soko and 2 fellow preachers came by asking about raising support for workers.
Nursery School
This is our final stop at the nursery school and we take gifts. We gave them a soccer ball, book, markers, posters, and sweeties.
While in Manyamula we make our last purchases. I know we will miss this place. We bought two cool rugs for $1000 K each ($1.50).
Lucia Has Made a Dress!
The sewing group has made great progress and Lucia has made a dress! She is. very proud of her accomplishment and wants us to take a picture of her. We are very proud of her too!
Chili
Last night I soaked some beans and made plans for chili for our lunch today. I wanted to cook for the whole sewing group. They were very happy about this. Early this morning I started them over the wood fire outside in the cooking building. I gave some Nsmia to the ladies and they agreed to cook it to go with their lunch. I still haven’t learned how to cook Nsima!
We eat our chili and rice and head out for some visits.
Isaiah’s Study Group
The drive to Isaiah’s house was beautiful. I was amazed to know how far he has been riding his bicycle to bring the lessons to be graded.
The group was waiting for us when we arrived. It was so wonderful to meet such dedicated people. Isaiah has been hosting nightly Bible study meetings. They have all finished their 7 courses and we are here to present a Bible to each one of them.
They are so excited. We congratulate each one and take a group photo. They asked us to please send more lessons that they may continue their studies. Note to self. Find more advanced lessons.
They present us with a live chicken the second for the day. Even with little, these people are so generous and we love them! Tonight we will have chicken and rice with gravy.
Abisha and Agness
Today is the only day left to visit with Abisha’s wife Agness. He came Sunday and asked us to visit with her before we left. She hasn’t been attending church and he is worried about her.
So we make a call and go for a visit. We sit outside and chat for a bit. Agness is a lovely lady and seems happy for us to visit her. We greet the neighbors and I give sweeties to everyone. One child is traumatized when he sees me. I have a scary white face. Somehow everyone is amused by this especially my husband.
I finally sit and chat with Agness. She tells me her story and her history of growing up in Catholicism and how she came to the church and raised her family there. After a bit, I pray for her, and I ask her if she would like to study. She tells me she will be in church with her family on Sunday. We hug and say our farewells.
Village Savings and Loan
While we were chatting the Village Savings and Loan group have assembled. They charge 20% interest on loans and they also charge a fine if you are late to the meetings. I am very curious about these groups.
