A Good Day

Today was a cloudy day. It felt nice outside. Some of the neighbor kids came over to play with Tori and Timothy. Timothy especially was having a lot of fun (see a couple of pics down below). Kelly is doing an amazing job running this ship! Tori, Timothy, Jonathan and Lael are all precious children (each with their own needs and demands)!

Our RHCC short-term missionary colleagues, John and Linda Glover, leave tomorrow night. Their trip was cut short by a few weeks. Last week, John and Linda were enjoying some relaxation on the beach, and suddenly Linda tripped, fell and broke her arm in two places. Surgery is necessary and that is one thing you don’t really want to do in Benin. So they head out tomorrow to return to the States. In the 6 weeks they’ve been here, we have all been so encouraged. We’ll miss worshipping with them, eating meals with them, and laughing a whole lot. While here, Linda helped teach some women about health and nutrition, while today John concluded a “Foundations of Faith” class that saw 18-20 people in attendance each week (with representatives from every one of the congregations!) Steve has handled most of the translation work. Today I joined them for “graduation” (where they all got certificates of success).

After a short nap, I met Senou (see-new) on the road near his village as we headed out to Dekpo (deek-poh) for our weekly Bible study. We are near the completion of a study of John’s gospel. Today we talked about the Holy Spirit (from the Upper Room narrative) and the capturing of Jesus. We had a good crowd today. They are a receptive group and eager to hear the Word of God (since most can’t read it!)

Sossa and I worked a little on painting our guesthouse/schoolroom over the past couple of weeks. Today, he put on the finishing touches. It looks great. We’re excited to have it finally painted on the outside after 18 months of bare concrete. With Mom and Dad coming at the end of the week, and Tori starting back to school in October, it’s fun to have a fresh look! Maybe some day I’ll get a picture of it.

Speaking of pictures, we just got an email from Sam (Kelly’s brother). Such beautiful pictures of our new niece, Brylee Hannah Jeffrey, born on Monday, Aug 22. Praise the Lord for such a glorious little girl. Wish we could be there right now to hold her. Congratulations Sam and Emille (and sister Bailey!)

- R