June 6, 2010

Getting back into the groove

Today I jumped into Swahili preaching headfirst. I am certain that I slaughtered all the grammar rules since I did all the translating myself. I preached from Psalms 119:17-24 about how David's life was consumed with knowing, obeying and following the Word of God. The people responded well and I think understood me fairly well.
I learned today that John, a man in our church was involved in a motorcycle accident on Saturday morning. If I understand the story correctly, John and his wife were on a motorcycle when they lost control and dumped their motorcycle. His wife was riding sidesaddle when she fell off and fortunately only banged her knee. John landed on his face pretty hard and also skinned up his arms and legs. To add insult to injury: a friend saw the accident and decided to help take them to the hospital. All three people climbed on the tiny motorcycle and began to head to the hospital. Along the way, they again lost control and had another small accident. John is doing all right but is in a lot of pain. Please pray for them. You may remember that he was the builder in our video. His wife still has not received Jesus as her Savior but clings to her good works for salvation.
We have been at our house for 1 1/2 weeks and have gotten mostly moved back in. We keep fighting the lizards for ground however. When we left for the US last year they invaded our house in mass and have squatted near every window. The eviction process has been slow and gruesome but we are winning.
Please pray for:
John and his wife.
Our health- the kids have been getting bit by mosquitoes at night. This could lead to malaria.
An elderly lady named Faibe has been ill for several weeks now.

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