Tuesday

The power went out last night so I didn't get to post on the blog. Here is yesterday's post:

We had another great day. I am continually impressed with our students and the way they interact with each other, the students here at Ninawachi, and the children in the communities.

This morning we continued preparing the ground for the building of a new prayer hut. We also had a team go with Mr. And Mrs. Hahn to the local school where they spent some time interacting with the students and also planting corn in a field there. Before they left, our students shared a friendly game of volleyball with theirs. A third group helped carry logs from a neighbor's house to Ninawachi to be used in the construction of the new prayer hut. After that, we helped another neighbor move a freezer to his property so he can use it in his family store. Finally, we spent some time moving soil from one location to another so it can be used for planting food. There is still lots of work to be done this week, and our team is ready to help! They truly have servsnt hearts!

This afternoon we returned to our villages to minister to the kids. It was great to hear that at the smaller village, the children opened up and enjoyed interacting with our team there! The other site had another fun day too.

We have a third team that is supposed to visit a more remote village, but we have not yet been able to make it to the village. When the river is high, the road is not passable but when it is low, vehicles can get through. The first day, the river was too high and so we split up the team and had them go to the other two villages. Today we attempted to go in but our transport vehicle did not arrive. We started walking down the road towards the village hoping to see the transport vehicle but it did not arrive, despite the road being very passable today. We ask that you pray that The rain holds off so that the road is passable and that Lord will allow us to reach this community.

I know some of you are desiring to see pictures of what we are doing. While we do have Internet access, it can be difficult to upload pictures to the blog. Additionally, we have been asked to not take pictures when we enter the villages and work with the kids because the people there may perceive it negatively and it could be a detriment to the ministry. We do have pictures, however, and I will compile them and share them as soon as I can.

-Mr. Petiti