Down, but not out.

Today was the day for us to actually have a time to wake up so I set the alarm for 7:00 a.m. not that I really needed it since Jenny and I slept very lightly. The power goes off around 5:00 in the morning so after that time without the fan it is a little harder to go back to sleep with it hot. I know most back home are suffering through the snow and possibly below zero tonight so I won’t say that we have sunshine and 90’s during the day with upper 70’s at night. We can go without the fan for a little while I guess.

Anyway, we got up to have some oatmeal and scrambled eggs, but Jenny wasn’t feeling too well. She ate a little bit, but that didn’t last too long. She decided to stay home and rest with her stomach acting up. I finally convinced her to take the Zpak later on in the day so she started that. I’m making sure she drinks plenty of water too. At least I’m trying to. Pray along with us that she feels better tomorrow.

Emmanuel, Wintee and I left to go to the consulate and arrived to find out that they really don’t want to see people in person. If I were an American in trouble I’m guessing I would be seen, but as it was we were directed to the website to fill out any visa request online. I was just hoping they could help us to know what we could do to help Wintee with the application and to assure them her stay would only be a visit as a tourist and not someone who would overstay their visa. We’ll do what we can with the online application.

We left there to head to the waterfront market. It was similar to red light. We were able to pick up some things at a sundry shop, then to a market of a man from Lebanon and then over to an Asian family who sold decorations as Wintee is in the middle of wedding planning for some couples. It was very interesting to see the different cultures in the market. Wintee knew where she wanted to go to get what she needed. I would equate it to us knowing which aisle to look in at Walmart to find the things we need, only it’s mostly outside.

We left there with a few other stops along the way. One of those stops was at a Christian bookstore that sold the hardcover Bible for $5.00 each. We thank CBC for supporting this as we purchased 50 Bibles for Mike’s men’s class.

We stopped to pick up some rice and other groceries at different ‘aisles’ as well. All in all we had a full car on our way home and we would have had a hard time fitting Jenny in with a small barrel, 50 Bibles, various bowls and measuring cups (for Women of Purpose) along with the other odds and ends that we picked up.

We got home shortly after noon and I checked in on Jenny. I was happy she could rest even without the fan on. She had a little rice and of course more water and her pills at that time. I got her to eat a banana later on.

Today was a preparation day for other ministries as Women of Purpose, Mike’s men’s seminar and even the kids club we had later on needed supplies.

Since Jenny wasn’t up for it I had to plan to teach the kids. I had time as I had a couple of hours to study before the class began at 4:00 p.m. We qhad a good time with the kids as we had fewer, probably just around 100 today. Great helpers were there again with Herrietta, Winston, Albert and Emmanuel. I just love being with the kids.

Directly after our kid’s club time we had Wednesday evening Bible study. Emmanuel led this and it was on forgiveness and acknowledging our sins as well as confession. He did a great job stirring our thoughts.

After this was time to rest at home until it gets dark around 7:00 p.m. It was nice to sit around and rest a little. After eating a light snack I started showing pictures on my phone to people. We ended up going through over 1000 or more photos. I realize I have many of our grandchildren as well as past trips to Liberia and Thailand. Maybe it’s time to archive my pictures.

Now it’s time for hopefully a restful night. I’ll leave you with one picture I captured of the meal prep for tomorrow’s meal. Princess and Meko we’re preparing things. I believe we’ll have cassava soup with this.

It should be a great meal again.