Wednesday, August 6, 2014

This is Africa.

^Tables for the coffee bar at the Church in Dakar.


^Two of the finished bunk beds in a dorm room.


^Our new home!
^The little restaurant we ate at Sat. and Sun.

When it came down to it we decided that it was worth it to pay a little more to have the cement block foundation. As you can see Jonathan is going to have to put a new roof on here pretty soon. Ok I am totally pulling your leg, this is not our house. This is just a little house I saw on the edge of town

It's never a good sign when Uncle Tim says "This place has really good food, just don't look back into the kitchen." I didn't eat much of the first meal because I was sure I was going to get sick, of course after everyone had finished eatingTim said "I have been eating here for years and have never gotten sick. I also didn't eat much because this is where we were served fish for the first time. I tried one bite and was pleased with myself that I only gagged 3 times and no one at the table even noticed I was gagging. The next meal I just stuck with rice and vegetables.
^The Church building in the village of Badd.
^This little gazebo is used for Children's Church, and their baptismal. 


^Jesus and the Woman at the well painted at the front of the church.
^It was very hard to get a good picture during service.
The older man on the right in the picture above is called the "Man of Peace". He is the reason there is a Church of the Nazarene in the village. Uncle Tim explained to us that in order to be able to do anything in a village you have to be invited. So when they first came to the village to show the Jesus Film several years ago they had to first make friends with one of the elders of the village. When you have made a friend that person is then your Man of Peace, that way if anything goes wrong in the village you have someone that can speak for you to the Chief and elders of the village. Without a Man of Peace you have no right to speak in the village. This man is not only our Man of Peace but is also a member in the Church. He is also the older brother of the Chief. The Chief is still practicing his Muslim faith, so please pray with the church in Badd that their Chief will hear and respond to the Truth. If /When he becomes a christian it is likely that the rest of the village would then follow.


^The Pastor and Teens singing after Church. The Pastor is the young man on the right.



^Jonathan and one of the young leaders in the church.

^This is inside the gazebo, these kids are standing on where the Baptismal is. 


^This is typical village housing. 
^I took this picture from the top of a water tower. Here you can see this dry and barren land. 

^Here is the land where they have the Well, water tower and irrigation system.

^Jonathan and Uncle Tim working to get the tank filled.



^Here I am staking down the hoses on the irrigation system.
Many if you heard us say that Jonathan and I had made an agreement that if I did most of the talking in the Churches stateside he would then do all the work once we got to Africa. As you can see the agreement is not working out. Just wait until we get back to the States, he is going to have a lot of talking to do. Of course this is all said in good fun, we both do our part no matter what.


^A vew of the field with the water tower on the right.




^This is the system Uncle Tim and Jonathan were able to put together in order to get water up from the well, into the tank,  and down to the field.




^A quick picture I snapped of these little girls that wouldn't leave my side.