Town

I'm tired today. I will be working the weekend to move 2TB of data storage for our main file server. Please pray that it goes well with ZERO data loss, and gets done in the 3 days we have planned for it. We've been working at a sprinting pace lately, trying to get all the work done we can during school break when many people are gone and the schools are not as active. (it's a good time to get work done).

I'm tired because at 3am a pack of 4 semi-wild dogs attacked our dog and I had to break it up. And you know how once you wake up and your adrenaline flows and your mind thinks and you can't get back to sleep? Well that's me. Only now I have to on half a night's sleep, work the weekend (-; So pray that my mind stays alert.

So as you know this blog is sometimes 'life in png' and sometimes 'what God is doing here'.

God is always working. We are always working. We get really excited when God chooses to encourage us with a glimpse of what He's doing.

Last week there was a large meeting of men repenting and seeking Christ. That is God's hand moving.

An old friend and neighbor is visiting us and snapped some photos on his trip back here that I thought I would share.



When we say we're going to town, this is what we mean. These photos are from the nearest town called 'Kainantu'.



and for fun, here is one of the signs around town... I'll translate


(I'll do a literal translation)
STOP CHOLERA!!
1. cook your food well, don't eat the food people sell alongside the road

2. cover up your food well, flies can't come and sit down on it.

3. use the toilet when you need to relieve yourself. Don't relieve yourself in the bushes or water.

4. Wash your hands well before you eat. Also after you use the toilet.

5. Before you drink, boil your water well.


I think we can all agree, these are words to live by if you want to avoid cholera.
At first seeing a sign like this (especially because of #4) you think 'well there's evidence I'm in a third world country)... but then you realize that education is the true battle against all kinds of disease.

We teach our kids to wash their hands, don't eat that, don't touch this... and after some time they know why, and understand the science of germs and health.

In fact it's so ingrained in us as kids we take if for granted as adults that the whole world knows this stuff.. but they don't.

We're reading through the Bible and when we came to the laws in Exodus and Leviticus the kids learned 2 things:
1 - God cares about us. He made all these laws partially for our own protection and health.
2 - God cares about the details. When the kids ask 'does God care about this?' the answer is yes...