Last night, several of us gathered in the Rainey’s living room and enjoyed quiet conversation about plans for today. The engineer/construction experts talked about loads and diameters while the rest of us listened in and pretended to know what we were talking about. Terry and Sammy looked like they were about to nod off a few times, but then I realized I probably did, too. So we went to bed early last night to the sound of a steady rain. It made for a beautiful bedtime serenade; Tom Wilson, one of the missionaries asked if there were any leaks. He said if it leaked on my head, just move the bed. But what a mess. The mud really stuck to your shoes.
It is much hotter today. We have just finished lunch, and the sun is bright and high. We will finish up gluing the pipes together and will test the water lines this afternoon. The work is going incredibly fast. So fast that we are discovering some hidden talents amongst us. For instance, since we were doing so well, we let Mark McCurry, Kerry Hawkins, and Terry Glover (under the supervision of Joyce Smith) begin to tear out some ceiling and clean out some spaces to get the cook’s room ready to paint. That isn’t the hidden talent, though. We found out they were excellent at killing rodents: rats, gophers – you name it, they killed it. Even Joyce got in on the act. Lamar 
says he is not surprised; Joyce is the only woman he knows that can kill a snake with a fly swatter. That makes two of us – she’s the only woman I know who can do that.
Nikki Hawkins is teaching reading classes for the boys, and Amy Hill is doing a study on developing the habits of godly men. We were told this morning that all but four of the boys are professing Christians. What they need are godly examples to show them how to live the Christian life unashamedly. As I watched them during devotion time, I noticed that few of them actively participated in the singing – a mirror of what we saw in the church on Sunday. As in the states, it is the ladies who are actively involved, but it seems to be more of an issue here. The men hardly participate.
Well, we did it! The water lines are laid and they don’t leak! Praise the Lord! Even the sections that Gorman and Sammy glued are holding for now. We still have to tie in to the dorms and other buildings, but that shouldn’t take too long tomorrow. As we feared, the sun came out in full force this afternoon, but God blessed us with a nice breeze for a good part of the day. Everyone is doing well and looking forward to completing the task. We will work on the pad for the water tank tomorrow and Thursday as well as finish several other projects. God is so good!
It is much hotter today. We have just finished lunch, and the sun is bright and high. We will finish up gluing the pipes together and will test the water lines this afternoon. The work is going incredibly fast. So fast that we are discovering some hidden talents amongst us. For instance, since we were doing so well, we let Mark McCurry, Kerry Hawkins, and Terry Glover (under the supervision of Joyce Smith) begin to tear out some ceiling and clean out some spaces to get the cook’s room ready to paint. That isn’t the hidden talent, though. We found out they were excellent at killing rodents: rats, gophers – you name it, they killed it. Even Joyce got in on the act. Lamar 
says he is not surprised; Joyce is the only woman he knows that can kill a snake with a fly swatter. That makes two of us – she’s the only woman I know who can do that.Nikki Hawkins is teaching reading classes for the boys, and Amy Hill is doing a study on developing the habits of godly men. We were told this morning that all but four of the boys are professing Christians. What they need are godly examples to show them how to live the Christian life unashamedly. As I watched them during devotion time, I noticed that few of them actively participated in the singing – a mirror of what we saw in the church on Sunday. As in the states, it is the ladies who are actively involved, but it seems to be more of an issue here. The men hardly participate.
Well, we did it! The water lines are laid and they don’t leak! Praise the Lord! Even the sections that Gorman and Sammy glued are holding for now. We still have to tie in to the dorms and other buildings, but that shouldn’t take too long tomorrow. As we feared, the sun came out in full force this afternoon, but God blessed us with a nice breeze for a good part of the day. Everyone is doing well and looking forward to completing the task. We will work on the pad for the water tank tomorrow and Thursday as well as finish several other projects. God is so good!
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