Several people have written me to find out if I was still alive. I actually had to check to be sure. It has been 2 ½ weeks since I posted anything but it wasn’t because nothing has happened lately. In fact we have been very busy.
We held a Christmas service at our church on Christmas morning. It may be hard to believe but I have never attended a service on Christmas day. We had big plans for our service including Baptisms, Communion, Chartering our church and a special missionary offering.
Somewhere during that week I switched my brain off and completely forgot to get the baptismal tank ready for the service. The process is simple really. First, clean out the 2 inches of dirt and rocks that are on the bottom of the tank. Then, travel 1 km to the nearest water source and fill my 50-gallon drum. Then, somehow get this drum back to the church and pour it into the tank. It takes about 5 trips to fill the tank. Because of my forgetfulness we postponed the baptisms until Jan 4.
In addition to postponing the baptismal service we also postponed our charter service. Some of our would be charter members need to be baptized. Since they couldn’t, we didn’t.
In spite of my errors we had a good service. Majaliwa preached and we had a really good missionary offering.
On December 28 I performed my first ever wedding. It was all in Swahili and fortunately every word I needed to say was written down. After the ceremony we went to the couples home for the reception. It was by far the most unusual wedding I have ever been to. You really need to watch this video that Cathy made and posted on her facebook page.
Since the wedding I have been trying to relax and catch my breath. I have been feeling a little overwhelmed lately. When I get overwhelmed, I have a tendency to just bury my head and hope it all goes away. Your prayers have been a blessing. I really appreciate that so many of you have written to send holiday greetings and to say that you were praying for us. Now that we have rounded the corner and entered 2009 we are looking forward to our furlough in June 09.
Pray for us as we minister here. We need strength, wisdom, discernment, safety and comfort in the Lord.
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