Thursday evening February 8th

The remainder of the day seemed to have little to write about but yet I feel as if I have been talking all day. I spent a great deal of time discussing my work with Shadrach and Winston. They wanted the know about my life and who is my family and what my work is like. I actually was missing people at work as I talked about how things are done in the states at a truss plant. Of course, because of lack of jobs in Liberia, they wished they would be able to work at the truss plant. We had a great time comparing stories between our two countries.

Emmanuel and Wintee did not return until around 4:00 p.m. so I prepared for my lesson in the next chapters of our book while they were gone also.

Tomorrow we will have the youth program and go through The Bible Overview and continue this on Saturday morning.

The study time went well tonight lasting about 1-1/2 hours and making it through only one chapter. We ended by everyone sharing what they learned and how what they learned could be applied to their life today.

After church it is nice to sit in the cooler evening to visit (my weather app says it dropped to 81 degrees now at 9:11 p.m.).

I had the opportunity to speak to a lady tonight who had no hope in life. It was a difficult talk. Her name is Yassar and she is struggling in so many ways. Her family, (parents, siblings and her husband) were killed during the war and she has had health problems that have prevented her from selling things (the typical way Liberian people support themselves) for a few years. I’m not sure about her children. There are no economic safety nets in Liberia. It is good that she was at our study on God’s sovereignty over people so I ask that you all pray for her as her future is grim, but we serve a great God. I pray that God sustains her while giving her clear direction for the future. She tells me she will see me tomorrow. May the encouragement I could share and the small amount of help (according to James chapter 4) help her to see God at work.

I now sit inside Emmanuel’s house with the children watching a story on the television. We are able to have electricity from the hours of 7:00 p.m. through around 5-6:00 a.m. and the kids take advantage of an opportunity to see a show once in awhile. It is nice to have a fan on during the night too with the power on overnight.

I’m having problems with pictures being uploaded, especially at night here. I’ll try to upload more during the day. It takes about 5 minutes per picture to upload.