We were so happy to see Edison and Kati at church last week. Their village is only about 5-7 minutes from the church in Pichanaki, so we're really hoping they will get into the habit of coming. Edison has almost fully recovered from his illness, and has worked a temporary job this week, but is once again without work.
Baby Driu has gotten a little better, but is still very sick. It's amazing how much his little body has taken. His parents have taken him and his big brother, Linder, high up into the mountains to work in the fields, harvesting coffee. We can only pray that God will touch Driu's tummy and heal him.
Lydia was telling us about her orchards that were flooded this past week. There is a river behind her house, about a mile away. There has been so much rain, the river rose and flooded her harvest and almost reached her house! She said this only happens about every 4-5 years. This is how they live and it is devastating when they can't sell all of their crops. It affects their economy for the whole year.
Studying about our identity in Christ this week, distractions abounded.......the drunk neighbor who decided to lie down and sleep it off in Lydia's outdoor kitchen, the one, dim, green light bulb we tried to read by, the stray, skinny dogs wandering around, the kids yelling and playing ninja, the crying babies, the mosquitoes, on and on I could go. It is so hard to concentrate and keep anyone's attention for more than five minutes here, but it is the best we have right now and it is good enough. Lydia's hunger is obvious and she hangs on to every word, somehow soaking it in with all that goes on around her.
Please continue to pray with us.....
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