Travel Today

Today we have seven visitors from America, Mark Albertson, Bill Pesch, Carrol and Peggy Nikkel, Mario Veldhuizen, and Pete and Jan Lanser, people with World Partners who contribute to the bore holes that are being dug by their Christian workers in this area. They have dug 150 bore holes at the average depth of 100 ft. and have installed hand pumps. The village has to come up with a certain amount of money and they have to maintain the area where the pump is placed and keep the overflow running on the ground away from the pump. Once they have a committee and have raised the money the bore hole is begun and when it is finished and the pump is working the hope is that they will be open to the gospel and ideally an evangelist is assigned to three or more places where a bore hole is placed. Matt and I are the only approved drivers for the two four wheel drive mission vehicles so we are on the road today with this group but it was a so hot this afternoon (107 F. in the shade, 75 F. this morning at 7:00 AM) that the ladies sat out the afternoon.

Matt offered to drive this afternoon, which gave me a break to do a little computer work. We hope it cools off like it did last night.

I hear that you are in the middle of winter and we can barely keep the water cold in the fridge! Tomorrow I teach at the Bible School. The students like the class but it was too short for them so now I have an hour and 1/2 instead of 45 min, Just as well, I was having a hard time to get it across in 45 min. The Hausa language is coming a little easier but I still have to work at it. We hope you all are doing well; we continue to pray for you and trust you are praying for us. We miss you, Case and Gremar.