The medical team (Rachel, Deb, Shari, Emily, Heather, &
Sabine) went to LaHatte to hold OB seminars for the pregnant mamas in that
village. It started out with only about 10 ladies attending, but as the day
went on, we ended up with 21. If you see the picture below, you will notice
that someone is missing. That’s right – Mother-Hen (Pam) cut the cord and let
us go to LaHatte without her today. Mother-Hen and chicks survived and are
doing well – reunited at the Mission Center this evening. Anite was “the boss”. The mothers looked healthy
and are anxious to return tomorrow for their last 4 seminars. It was a great
adventure bouncing back and forth in the back of the cattle truck on the way to
and from LaHatte. Thanks to Sergo,(Jeff
was busy sewing) we had a safe ride.
Another amazing day teaching the ladies of Chardon a new
craft! Today they cut up T shirts into
strips to make a purse or tote. It is
certainly a little complicated but after 4 hours of explanation and trial and
error everyone caught on, Yippee!! The ladies are so appreciative and proud of
their accomplishments. They are to finish cutting up their shirts and making
the 5 balls of T shirt yarn over the weekend and we will share the crocheting
technique on Monday. We even got Jeff in
on the ball winding! The ladies sing praises to the Lord as they work and laugh
with us as we try to communicate. Liane, Madison and Wendy were on this team.
Today the construction team worked with both metal and wood. It was a hot day all around at Mission
Central with welding shelves, sanding shelves and painting shelves to include making
several steel tables with adjustable screw in feet - to assist with stabilizing
the load on uneven ground. This was to include making (6) steel tables that were
finished off with five-foot round wood tops. The rest of the construction crew traveled
up the road to Mission Possible Christian Academy (MPCA) and filled in a
section of no roof – 26x28 ft open span in the school house – more so – conjoined,
notched out, placed and leveled roughly (18) 12ft 2x6 boards – twelve feet up
in the air. It was a good day all around for learning new skills.
We are now getting ready to enjoy an evening playing Fizbo
and eating popcorn.
Happy Valentine’s Day.
We are looking forward to our chocolate and flowers when we arrive home.
(No you are not getting out of it)
