Sunday, October 17, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Power Cut
The power went out at 6:30-ish this evening (nothing unusual there). So I lit candles and went into my room to read. I was keeping cool by my battery powered fan. Well, I needed some water an hour later so I went into the kitchen. Much to my surprise the kitchen light was on! Who knows how long I was sitting in the dark! Oh Gosh!
Moped!
This is on Sarah's moto before she left - I dont have an updated one on the current moto I will be driving!
My current moto is a moped because of an incident that happened a few weeks ago. We asked our old guard to get the motorcycle running. Well he couldnt get it started so he asked a neighbor for some help. They got it running and the neighbor took off on it. He ended up running into 2 parked cars and injuring himself and my moto! So until it gets fixed I will be driving this one. Its a good one to learn on because I dont have to shift or anything. I like it.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Moto
Ha! I had an interesting day on the moto! This morning I successfully made it to Lorinda's house! I crossed 2 pretty busy streets safely! BUT on the way home I ran out of gas. Thats right...basically the second outing and I had to push the moto home. Thankfully it happened on my street and my day guard saw me and came running to take it from me.
Anyways, I sent him to go take the moto and fill it up with gas. An hour later he returns with some strange young man saying, through motions, that there is dirt in my gas tank. I was so confused I call Judy and she talked to both of them for me (I really need to learn French). She said that the other guy is a mechanic and he needs to take my moto and fix it. SO I gave him some money and watched as he drove off on my moto, money in hand. I said a quick prayer hoping he would return. Several hours later both him and my day guard come back but the moto is not running quite right. So through motions again, I gather that he wants to take me back to his shop and fix it. I actually got on the back of my moto and let a stranger drive me to his shop! Thankfully the shop (which is basically a pile of tires and tools on the side of the road) was only a block away. I sat in the shade while he fixed it and met another African man who spoke in ENGLISH to me. I was so excited but sadly it ended with him asking me if I was married and for my number... I just laughed and said see you later.
My moto is running fine now, although I should check and see if gas was ever actually put into it. I think from it sitting for so long without being used and running it all the way out of gas it just needed some cleaning. Hopefully that is the end of that.
Anyways, I sent him to go take the moto and fill it up with gas. An hour later he returns with some strange young man saying, through motions, that there is dirt in my gas tank. I was so confused I call Judy and she talked to both of them for me (I really need to learn French). She said that the other guy is a mechanic and he needs to take my moto and fix it. SO I gave him some money and watched as he drove off on my moto, money in hand. I said a quick prayer hoping he would return. Several hours later both him and my day guard come back but the moto is not running quite right. So through motions again, I gather that he wants to take me back to his shop and fix it. I actually got on the back of my moto and let a stranger drive me to his shop! Thankfully the shop (which is basically a pile of tires and tools on the side of the road) was only a block away. I sat in the shade while he fixed it and met another African man who spoke in ENGLISH to me. I was so excited but sadly it ended with him asking me if I was married and for my number... I just laughed and said see you later.
My moto is running fine now, although I should check and see if gas was ever actually put into it. I think from it sitting for so long without being used and running it all the way out of gas it just needed some cleaning. Hopefully that is the end of that.
English Class
I just finished teaching my very first English class! I had 12 students, all at a fairly high English speaking level - which is good because I am unable to help them in French. The class could be as large as 16 students but I am thankful that they did not all show up today.
I can already tell that I am really going to enjoy teaching English. Its fun having an interaction with locals because most of my ministry is with foreigners. I love it!
Class went pretty well - it is hard teaching English though! We went over health issues today - it was ridiculous! Two of the sentences I had to read were: "I've been feeling so tired lately, and I have to go to the bathroom a lot" and "My stomach has been hurting me terribly for the last 12 hours, I have been vomiting and I have awful diarrhea too. Do I have the flu?" I certainly heard some laughter... It was also interesting trying to describe words. I mean...how do you describe tingle? It was hard!
Overall though - I really enjoyed myself and am looking forward to teaching this year!
I can already tell that I am really going to enjoy teaching English. Its fun having an interaction with locals because most of my ministry is with foreigners. I love it!
Class went pretty well - it is hard teaching English though! We went over health issues today - it was ridiculous! Two of the sentences I had to read were: "I've been feeling so tired lately, and I have to go to the bathroom a lot" and "My stomach has been hurting me terribly for the last 12 hours, I have been vomiting and I have awful diarrhea too. Do I have the flu?" I certainly heard some laughter... It was also interesting trying to describe words. I mean...how do you describe tingle? It was hard!
Overall though - I really enjoyed myself and am looking forward to teaching this year!
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Hello Mandy!
I am dedicating this post to Mandy! She has my blog set as her homepage :) haha I love it! I got to talk to her on skype today :) It was glorious! The internet worked just well enough to see her face and everything! You are looking beautiful Mandy!! Thanks for praying for me too!
And for the rest of you - Thanks for being my supporters and praying for me...I am just feeling so thankful!
I had some success today - I drove to the Holbrooks house on my moto all by myself and youth group went well (in my opinion)!
It has been a good day.
And for the rest of you - Thanks for being my supporters and praying for me...I am just feeling so thankful!
I had some success today - I drove to the Holbrooks house on my moto all by myself and youth group went well (in my opinion)!
It has been a good day.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Stupid Internet
Internet has not been working great. I am sure it is because I sit outside and steal the wireless from the neighbors though. It works well enough for getting emails, checking Facebook, and getting on my blog but as for skyping home and uploading pictures onto the blog...Its not doing so great. Which has been frustrating because I havent been able to talk to anyone, let alone my mom and dad for several days. God gave me a good enough connection on Sunday to talk to my dad before he left for China on Monday - so that was good. I will certainly praise Him for that!
Sunday, October 3, 2010
My new place, and possible blog titles
I have moved! I am now officially on my own...Oh Lord Help ME!
Sarah is leaving tomorrow and as of Friday I have been staying at Pete and Alice Brokopp's home. I only moved a street over and up a little so thats nice - I don't need to learn a new neighborhood or anything. The house is pretty big for just me but I am already taking it over! I made one of the bedrooms a TV room and office so far.
The youth group will meet here, my Saturday English class will meet here, and my French lessons are located here as well. So thats nice.
Trying to figure out things like power converters, the gas stove, and numerous other things is proving to be more confusing than I had hoped but in time I should be able to figure it all out. Food and cooking should be interesting too. I don't know if i mentioned the difficulties of cooking from scratch and with different ingredients...it will be interesting! I feel like my blog could simply be about trying to cook and it would be interesting.
Although now that I think about it, there are a lot of topics this blog could be about that would make it interesting. Here are some possible titles:
-My First Two Years of Youth Ministry: the Failures and Mess Ups of a 20 Something Youth Leader
-Learning to Cook in Africa: I Should Have Learned to Cook in America...
-Surviving Africa 101: I May Not Survive But If You Read This You Will
-Cultural Misunderstandings - Don't Shake With Your Left Hand
:)
Sarah is leaving tomorrow and as of Friday I have been staying at Pete and Alice Brokopp's home. I only moved a street over and up a little so thats nice - I don't need to learn a new neighborhood or anything. The house is pretty big for just me but I am already taking it over! I made one of the bedrooms a TV room and office so far.
The youth group will meet here, my Saturday English class will meet here, and my French lessons are located here as well. So thats nice.
Trying to figure out things like power converters, the gas stove, and numerous other things is proving to be more confusing than I had hoped but in time I should be able to figure it all out. Food and cooking should be interesting too. I don't know if i mentioned the difficulties of cooking from scratch and with different ingredients...it will be interesting! I feel like my blog could simply be about trying to cook and it would be interesting.
Although now that I think about it, there are a lot of topics this blog could be about that would make it interesting. Here are some possible titles:
-My First Two Years of Youth Ministry: the Failures and Mess Ups of a 20 Something Youth Leader
-Learning to Cook in Africa: I Should Have Learned to Cook in America...
-Surviving Africa 101: I May Not Survive But If You Read This You Will
-Cultural Misunderstandings - Don't Shake With Your Left Hand
:)
Farm House
This week was the first official week that Wired moved into its new and current location: my house...aka Pete and Alice Brokopp's house. However I am going to try and see if calling it the Farm House will actually catch on. I mean there is 2 cats and a turtle.
Wired went good, a few glitches though. The powerpoint wasn't ready, the projector wasn't set up, and it didn't go as smoothly as I would like BUT it still went good. About 25-30 kids came (the found the new place!). I think that the more I am use to having it here and the more I am use to me being in charge the smoother it will go.
We are currently in a series on the Fruits of the Spirit. So far so good! Although I haven't seen too many fruits come out of it yet - I am hopeful! I think God will do a lot of work through these kids!
Wired went good, a few glitches though. The powerpoint wasn't ready, the projector wasn't set up, and it didn't go as smoothly as I would like BUT it still went good. About 25-30 kids came (the found the new place!). I think that the more I am use to having it here and the more I am use to me being in charge the smoother it will go.
We are currently in a series on the Fruits of the Spirit. So far so good! Although I haven't seen too many fruits come out of it yet - I am hopeful! I think God will do a lot of work through these kids!
Friday, October 1, 2010
Bites
Pray that the 30 mosquito bites on my legs were inflicted by cute, nice, friendly misquitos rather than mean malaria infected ones.
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