Africa Day 8

Monday May 17, 2010

Standards

We are called to a higher standard; a standard not of this world, but a heavenly standard. It is time to start living in this standard

We woke up about 7:00 and I didn’t sleep very well. We packed up our stuff and started driving. We stopped in Nyawa central to pick up some buns and tea. However, we only got buns, which was still delicious. We also got to meet the chief of Nyawa. It was a pretty awesome experience. He was a very important man, everybody, all the village’s headmen reported to him. Meeting him was a real honor. We then got back from our trip around 1:30. WE arrived to Chad and Anna Marie’s smiling faces. It was kind of sad saying goodbye to Chad, but I’m looking forward to seeing him in October. Then I took a serious nap before everybody got back. It was kind of hard to sleep on the truck, but it was needed. We didn’t really get a chance to minister to people yesterday, but we played with the kids for a while. They bring me so much joy. They found out that I was ticklish. They tag-teamed me. I had to make a truce with them which they promptly broke because they couldn’t speak English too well. I played some rocket ship with them. They were obsessed with my headlight. Light at night other than fire was a very rare sight, and light that could be turned on and off was fascinating to them. Then we had an incredible dinner, spaghetti, village chicken (which was a little tougher than normal chicken), sauce, amazing garlic bread and smores for dessert. Ah so good. I had a glorious night sleep as well.