the crescendo

hi friends.

once again, i am not feeling well.  i don’t understand why, but i’ve reached a point where african food – even the thought of it – makes me feel ill.  so please pray for health and for the ability to eat.  in order to take our malaria medication, we have to eat something and it has been a real battle for me to eat enough to take it the last three days.  but if you skip one day, apparently you’re vulnerable to malaria for the next 14 and i’ve been getting bit at least two or three times a day so…

today and yesterday we visited the hospital, spoke to the hospital ministry, and visited the sick.  yesterday when i was giving a homily, i almost started crying.  it is such an honor to be with the sick here.  they are truly the least of these and are close to God’s heart.

yesterday we gave men and women shirts.  there was one little girl there who looked like she couldn’t have been more than 9 or 10.  they had us put the shirts in paper bags so that people wouldn’t fight over their shirts.  when i gave a bag to this one little girl, she and her parents smiled.  as she opened the bag, her eyes lit up like on christmas morning.  it was really sweet. so thanks to all those that donated clothing.

sunday was a full day. i preached at a pentacostal church – for 40 minutes – that was rough.  then we went to see our new friend steven’s ministry.  tim played football (soccer) with his football team.  i think tim had a really good time.

but when it was over, i was exhausted…and now, i am exhausted again. hopefully i will update you again in a couple of days.