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Camp Baptiste, Bouaké, RCI –July 15, 2008
Two steps forward and 1½ steps back…
We had hot water the other weekend – the plumber came Saturday morning to look at the old on-demand gas hot water heater and got it working! What a delight to have hot showers on Saturday and Sunday. The only problem was the pilot light could roast a cow, so he told us to turn it off when we weren’t using it and that he would be back on Monday. Wait, there was another problem – the hot water faucet, which we had never used before, would come off in your hand and spray HOT water everywhere! Wayne replaced it and the plumber tinkered with the water heater all day Monday using interesting items such as foam rubber and bar soap to adjust the flame, finally saying he needed to find parts for it somewhere. On Tuesday Wayne lit it to take a shower – he had his hot water but when he came out to look at the heater (water heaters here are outside), it was in flames! It needs a bit more now than just some new parts, but we have a brand new hot water faucet…
Thankfully my work on the theological education by extension workbook is going is bit better, slow but steady. I’ve just finished typing and formatting the first half of La Vie de Jésus (The Life of Jesus). I need to add some more of the drawings and maps, then find a way to print it out to be proofed. The work will go much quicker from now on as I’m becoming familiar with the letter combinations in Cebaara. We are going up to Korhogo (3 hours’ drive north) on Thursday to Saturday to talk about the work with the PEDEBE director. We’ll bring the Risograph (digital duplicator) back; Wayne’s old print shop is ready to get to work!
Please pray with us for wisdom as we try to move into the best routine for our lives. I find I need to spend 2-3 hours most days cooking, baking or shopping as the large supermarkets we were used to are a thing of the past! I’ve found some recipes that we really like – one for spaghetti sauce uses canned tomatoes and tomato paste with seasonings that I put in a slow cooker all day. But the other day I noticed that I was picking up the last three cans of tomatoes from the store shelf…With the beginning of rainy season, though, fresh tomatoes should become available. Transportation into town has been an issue: some days there were more drivers than vehicles available. But one truck now has a new battery, the other’s clutch has been fixed, and our colleague’s motorcycle should come back down on Saturday. When he drove it up last month, he didn’t know he was coming down with typhoid fever but has his strength back now. Gas and diesel have just gone up in price (diesel is $5.26 gal) and using a double-cab, 4-wheel drive truck to do errands uses lots of fuel. We are praying about getting our own smaller vehicle or motorcycle.
Also please pray that we will find just the right ministries to use our gifts and feel we are contributing. A university student who speaks good English is interested in an English Bible study at the town church. His friend, also an English student, has just accepted Christ. There’s a new little church in Brobo (a nearby village) that we want to visit. We hear of opportunities and need to see which ones are the ones God has for us. It’s important to have a schedule that works for us and makes good progress on the workbooks.
I had a big birthday last week (7/10); we celebrated quietly in town but Wayne has promised me a dinner and dessert at our favorite restaurant next time we are in the States. I suppose a birthday too marks progress!
Funny scenes from last night – the French celebrated Bastille Day (a big French national holiday) here and all of us were invited. The chief from Brobo was there in his robe and “crown.” He had a tee-shirt and pants on under the robe and he kept answering his cell phone. Then the African dancers that came in to put on a show were wearing spandex under their short wraps and loincloths. I love the mixture of traditional and new technology that is the face of today’s Côte d’Ivoire! And almost everyone seems to know some English!
Making (slow but steady) progress! Wayne & Melody Nelson |
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