6:30 a.m. — Careful. The one on the left doesn’t flush.
7:00 a.m. — I cook breakfast for the team with Jake, toast and eggs again.
8:00 a.m. — Our contact is supposed to arrive. We wait.
8:30 a.m. — Our contact actually arrives.
9:23 a.m. — We leave on the minibus for ministry.
9:57 a.m. — We arrive at our ministry location and haggle with the minibus driver, a regular occurrence.
10:01 a.m. — We’re invited into a random school to sign their visitors’ book, also a regular occurrence. Whatever Jake is doing to Channele is normal too.
10:34 a.m. — We begin ministry with a children’s church/crusade under a beautiful pink flowering tree. The prodigal son runs away to a far-off land.
10:44 a.m. — The prodigal son comes home.
11:44 a.m. — We begin our second crusade, mostly to the same children who have followed us from their homes without any care or concern from their parents.
12:36 p.m. — We have an unscheduled crusade at a woman’s house. It turns out she’s a witch doctor; we cast out a demon, pray for her, and the Spirit gives her a new life in Christ. (Out of respect for that woman, this photo is not of her; it is of her mother.)
1:30 p.m. — We say goodbye to our contacts for the final time.
1:45 p.m. — Lunch. Yeah, I use Tupperwear. Yeah, I have a Life is Good Nalgene.
2:45 p.m. — I pack for Final Debrief!
3:20 p.m. — It’s time to read and journal.
4:00 p.m. — Check in by the pool. Our living situations aren’t always rough.
4:40 p.m. — We take bicycle taxis into town.
5:00 p.m. — Grocery shopping.
6:33 p.m. — Pizza dinner. Like I said, our living situations aren’t always rough.
7:48 p.m. — Check the team finance spreadsheet with Mickey. Confirm that we have no money.
8:15 p.m. — Team time and worship time.
10:37 p.m. — In my tent, headphones in to keep out the barking dogs, and ready for beddy.
