First, a quick update on what we did for New Year’s. We spent New Year’s Eve night sitting outside around a fire while talking, grilling, and spending some time in prayer. We also had communion and it was just a cool way to kick off the new year.
As far as ministry goes, we have continued to do manual labor around the house grounds. We have helped build a porch and did some more gardening. One day, while building the porch, we had been shoveling dirt all day long and we were exhausted by the time we had to go get another load. The normal routine consisted of us shoveling the loose dirt from the side of the road into the back of a truck. Well, for the last load, we decided to drive down the road a little ways to where they were doing some construction. We asked the bako driver if he could dump a load in our truck and so he did. Only in Africa. Needless to say it saved us a lot of work!
In the morning we drove around for two hours and saw some zebras, giraffes, warthogs, impala, wildebeests and some other deer-type things. It was so cool to see these animals doing their natural thing in this environment. Even though we saw all of those animals, we really were on the search for some elephants and lions. We were told that it is rare to see those two and that it was hit or miss most of the time with them.
On another note, we will be leaving for Mozambique on Wednesday. We will be in the town of Chibuto and working with an organization called “Africa on Fire� and we will be doing anything from house visits to working with kids. Our internet situation may be the same as this month so you may not hear from me in a while.
