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.
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