Robin's Missions

Christmas is coming!!!

What a week and a bit more!

A lot of this week was spent harvesting g-nuts, wow, i have such respect for full time farmers--the chatter (although in arabic) was fun to listen too-- and i think i've had my exercise for a month! But it really felt good to get my hands and clothes dirty...g-nuts are like peanuts, just smaller...and roasted their quite yummy...and word to the wise, don't put boiled ones in a container, they rot...and faster than anything i've ever ever seen--

what else? oh sooooo much...i've done a lot of sweeping of leaves...they're falling because it's getting hotter and hotter...i'm enjoying an ice cold cola right now and it's keeping me sane---but back to leaves...they really need rakes in sudan--because i've been using a small short bundle of sticks (tied with cloth) to do battle with the leaves- :) I'm praying for the coolish breeze to keep on coming :)

Spoke at the prision ministry two sundays ago now, which was neat... cracks me up that they were trying to marry me off to the inmates...*sigh* but lots of praise and rejoicing...and a lot of the prisioners turn their lives around and are often let out early after meeting Jesus- way way cool!

What fun to have visitors this week-- from Stonegate Fellowship in Texas--they're staying at the Evangelical Presbyterian Church compound across town-- Always a bright spot in the day to have friends around!

Here's one thing i fail to understand-- today, to teach the cat not to eat the eggs anymore, they tied a rope around it's neck drug through the feild while they beat it and the dogs bit at it-- i don't understand-- it just seems cruel-

Over all it's been a good and quiet week- Most of the staff has gone home for the holidays and it makes it practically noiseless at times-- i've been playing with the base kids who i can get to immitate me walking like a chicken, making a monkey face, or any number of things--they've been helping me finish cutting snowflakes and putting up streamers, drawing random things..i think it's the first time i've ever used duct tape for christmas! the kids love it!!! and i've been reading the chronicles of narnia to them...

oh yeah, and i brought a christmas tree (fake)from the states with me for my room..it has a bright and shiny star that blinks different color on top! ha ha! yes!

I've probably forgot many things...but that's at least some of it-- things are well, but hot.. and we actually got meat for dinner last night!

Much love and merry christmas to you all!!!
Robin