Good Weekend

Hi friends! We have started to go into town once a week for physical education. Greg teaches them tennis sometimes and other sports other days. Annie and I like to swing, go on the slides, or play hop-scotch. This has been good for our family and we can see a difference in our kids after we do this. This past Thursday we went into town for this very reason and also had the privledge of spending time with our boss. He has been here twice to visit us and encourage us and this has been a blessing!

So, as we were leaving the city to come home, we noticed a lot of cars backed up in traffic. We found out that there was a group of people who were making their feelings known to the government because they had been kicked off of their land. So they decided to block the main road into town. You couldn't leave or enter into town.They were all just sitting in the middle of the road and had a truck and a bus parked sideways. We still don't understand how the police can allow this to happen. We heard they stayed there for 3 nights from around 4 pm until 1am. We ended up having to go WAY out of our way to get home and it took us an hour and a half instead of 20 minutes. It was interesting to see how my kids reacted. They all just took it as normal; it didn't even phase them. They know this culture so well and just understand that this is the way the people let their feelings be known. I won't tell you about how Greg let his feelings be known! :o) Needless to say for a guy who is a planner, this did not sit well!

This weekend we spent our time visiting people. We visited a man who was extremely ill. Bless his heart he lives so poorly. He lived in a small shack that looked similar to a chicken coop. It had holes all in the wood slats that made up the walls and it was freezing cold in there. Now, when I say freezing, it wasn't 32 degrees, however; it felt like it. At night here, it is probably in the low 50s. If you are sleeping outdoors, it feels like freezing. This poor guy had a dirt floor and one blanket over him. He did have a mattress but I think the floor was probably cleaner. When we arrived he told us how sick he was and showed us his leg. His right leg was completely swollen and from the knee down it was as red as a radish. It was totally infected. Then he raises his shirt and showed us his stomach which was all swollen as well. He said he had 6 children and none of them came to see how he was doing or offered to get him help. He said he wanted to die. He wanted God to take him away from his misery. I understood why he would feel that way. We located a doctor that makes house calls and this Dr. visited him today. Greg got him the medicine the doctor prescribed and we are going to try and get him into town for the tests he needs to have done. The doctor thought he possibly had cirrhosis of the liver but without further testing he could not be sure. Anyway, if you think about it, please pray for this man. His name is Pancho.

So, we had a good weekend. There was a lot more to it than I just described but I don't want to bore you anymore. I did write our newsletter so if you want to receive that and didn't, please let me know. Love you all! Missy