Our abode for the next four months

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During our time here we will be staying on the Bible School compound in Matt and Laura’s house. It is much smaller than the Mai Hula house where we stayed last time but it is much more (geselig) cozy. We are really enjoying it.  There is lots of foliage that has been planted, thanks to Dave and Jan Dykgraaf who lived here before the Lansers.  The porch is a great place to receive guests and we spend a lot of our time there. We have a solar system, along with the school generator, two hours a night, and we pay students to bring us water from the hand pump to a holding tank. This water is then pumped up while the generator is on up to a holding tank that gravity feeds the house. I should build a solar hot water heater but in the dry season, which we are in, cold water washing is preferred for the most part. If not, Gremar heats her water up on the gas stove and uses a bucket.

A cozy little place among the trees
One wonders how bougainvillea can be so bright and fresh in 100 degree heat.
The porch is a good place to sit and work.
The yard is fenced in to keep out the cows and goats
Here not only the Fulani have cattle
Here many people keep cattle as well as the Fulani tribe.
Gremar, organizing her medical work.
Hard at work in the office at home.
Thankfully Gremar did not forget how to bake bread.

I started teaching on Monday; I teach two classes a day for two days and one class on Wednesdays and Fridays. Gremar is teaching Healthy Living to the student wives one day a week. Thursdays, will be spent with the pastors and evangelists and Gremar with their wives for continuing education.  We will be using the Timothy Leadership Training  material,  Biblical Preaching and Stewardship recently translated into Hausa.

This well and hand pump profides water for our compound, for the banana plot and for the surounding compounds.
This well and hand pump provides water for our compound, for the banana plot, and for the surrounding compounds.
Dormitory for the students and their families.
The class rooms at Warari Bible School.

I was talking with Pastor James Yarima this morning, every day people are turning to Christ. This fact makes the Bible School indispensable for training leaders. What a privilege to be a part of it, if only for a little while! We thank God.

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  1. Pastor Case and Gramer,

    Thank you for posting the pictures. Nice looking place. And no snow :]
    It helps me to understand your situation.

    We are mostly dug out in Grand Rapids, although the schools are closed again today.

    It is good this kind of weather is only one day once in a while.

    I had fun helping my next door neighbor get a stray cat out of his basement last night. It turns out another neighbor had adopted it and let it run outside (it had always been an outside cat) and another neighbor had taken it in. She could not figure out where it went to, it was staying in my next door neighbor’s house without their being aware.

    I got everyone together (including the cat) last night.

    A fun adventure.

    God Bless you.

    Chuck

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