Update - March 14

Update from Peter - We had a great couple days Friday and Saturday in the village and I preached this morning!

We arrived at the meeting spot and they gave us a joyous welcome with music and dancing! We presented them with some gifts: oil and rice, and also UNI hats and a photo album from Iowa for the village chiefs, and knives, soap and washcloths for the 10 women on the Village Development Committee (VDC).

We were able to greet the villagers and we shared our love for them--and explained that we love them because Jesus loves us. Our efforts in the village are the overflow of the love that we have received from God.

The Chairwoman of the Village Development Committee was a Christian, and she greeted us and shared with us how thankful they were and how they have seen and observed that Christians are the ones that will "drop a rope down and help pull you out of the pit." She also said that she was praying for us that the money we had used to help them would be multiplied back to us a hundredfold.

She made requests from the village as we continue the partnership. They requested a well, hygienic bathrooms, and a church. The well is needed especially because their pineapple fields are drying out. It has been an especially dry "dry season," and although they will have a harvest, it will be better if they can irrigate the pineapples when necessary. The church is needed because the only church near them is very far away. So at this point, both the National Superintendent of the Wesleyan Church and the village itself have expressed interest in a church in Rogbere.