After breakfast and one of Aden's naps, Emily, Pastor Abdul, Aden and I went around both Konta and Makelben to make a "facebook" in the original meaning of the word. We snapped all the people's pictures who we interacted with a lot and wanted to remember. This included elders, men who helped drill the wells, the women I made friends with and the women who cooked our meals and helped with dishes.
Here are just a few of the people we snapped:
This is Mohammed's father, the little boy who was bit by the potentially rabid dog.
This lady was so sweet. She is one of the ladies who became a Christian and who shared that the teachings at night were really making a difference in how she lived life.
The Konta well was finishing up some plaster work while the Makelben guys spent the day putting in the 4" casing, pouring the sane, removing the 6" casing, and clarifying the well. They did a lot of clarifying but still probably would have another 2-3 days of work after we left.
The Konta well
Emily and spent the rest of the afternoon and early evening talking and hanging out. It was really to to have some English speaking camaraderie after 2 weeks of almost nothing.
For dinner one of the hunters brought in a fritombo for us to eat! I got to see them cook it, clean it, and gut it (in that order strangely!) While they were scrubbing off the fur after they cooked it, the guts were bursting out which was kind of gross.
After they cooked it over an open flame (as in the photo above) I asked them about the liver and they pointed it out. I told them it was good nutrition for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers. Because I took such an interest in it, they made a special sauce for the rice for me with the liver (and I think they included some other organs like the heart). It was so sweet and thoughtful!
Some sorghum. They call it couscous
That night at the teaching we had promised the community to show the Jesus film in Themne one last time. So what we did was show the film until the section in Luke that we were teaching on came on which happened to be when Jesus overturned the temple). John taught on this section.
Emily told me that a lot of her Salone friends in Kamakwie site this verse as proof that it is okay to meat your wives because Jesus was angry and violent.
We invited questions:
Q1: When is Jesus returning?
A: We don't know the date or the hour.
Since that was the only question, John started asking the group questions:
John's Q1: Does Jesus' actions justify violence?
The people answered Yes
John then explained that Jesus had righteous anger over people turning the temple into a business that exploited people worshiping God (selling their sacrifices). Rarely is our anger righteous but more likely over selfish matters
Emily and I left after the teaching while John, the rest of the well drilling team, and the community stayed to finish the movie.
Here are just a few of the people we snapped:
This is Mohammed's father, the little boy who was bit by the potentially rabid dog.
This lady was so sweet. She is one of the ladies who became a Christian and who shared that the teachings at night were really making a difference in how she lived life.
The Konta well was finishing up some plaster work while the Makelben guys spent the day putting in the 4" casing, pouring the sane, removing the 6" casing, and clarifying the well. They did a lot of clarifying but still probably would have another 2-3 days of work after we left.
The Konta well
Emily and spent the rest of the afternoon and early evening talking and hanging out. It was really to to have some English speaking camaraderie after 2 weeks of almost nothing.
For dinner one of the hunters brought in a fritombo for us to eat! I got to see them cook it, clean it, and gut it (in that order strangely!) While they were scrubbing off the fur after they cooked it, the guts were bursting out which was kind of gross.
After they cooked it over an open flame (as in the photo above) I asked them about the liver and they pointed it out. I told them it was good nutrition for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers. Because I took such an interest in it, they made a special sauce for the rice for me with the liver (and I think they included some other organs like the heart). It was so sweet and thoughtful!
Some sorghum. They call it couscous
That night at the teaching we had promised the community to show the Jesus film in Themne one last time. So what we did was show the film until the section in Luke that we were teaching on came on which happened to be when Jesus overturned the temple). John taught on this section.
Emily told me that a lot of her Salone friends in Kamakwie site this verse as proof that it is okay to meat your wives because Jesus was angry and violent.
We invited questions:
Q1: When is Jesus returning?
A: We don't know the date or the hour.
Since that was the only question, John started asking the group questions:
John's Q1: Does Jesus' actions justify violence?
The people answered Yes
John then explained that Jesus had righteous anger over people turning the temple into a business that exploited people worshiping God (selling their sacrifices). Rarely is our anger righteous but more likely over selfish matters
Emily and I left after the teaching while John, the rest of the well drilling team, and the community stayed to finish the movie.
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