About 1:30 in the morning I woke up with my heart pounding last night with a surge of adrenaline and fear racing through me! There was a loud knocking on my door. In the states (or wherever you are in the world)it would be alarming and probably heart racing as well-- but in Sudan you just never know what that means--Sitting bolt upright in bed, I was relieved to hear them call out "Census" along with Zechariah's (one of the EPC staff) voice reassuring that it was actually the census. We were told the census would happen today- after all the government has given a mandatory "holiday" for everyone to stay in their homes; I just had no idea it would be in the middle of the night. Oh yes, technically it was the right day, but still-- when you have to fumble around in the dark trying to find what you need so you can open the door it's not so fun! 3 million questions--yes, I am an American; no, I am only here for 6 months, yes, that's the correct spelling of my last name...Just when I finally got into bed and lay back down a flashlight starts sweeping back and forth. I kept thinking if I just lie here and play dead maybe they'll leave me alone. But no, it was the other census group also knocking loudly. Then I spent the next few minutes convincing them I had already been counted. So now I have been officially counted. And then I finally fell back asleep after an hour or so; once my adrenaline had stopped going crazy--*sigh*
Ok, here's one more thing-- Someone, one of the non profits or the UN or something, donated dirt to help fix the roads. That was a couple weeks ago now- It sounds great on paper, but currently all we have is huge dirt piles in the middle of the roads! Making them even more impassible, getting compacted by the rain and vehicles that are forced to drive over the sides to get through. The goats and dogs are happy though! Overall, looks great on paper, looks like something is happening but seriously lacks implementation and has at least temporarily made the roads worse! Pray for our roads to be fixed please!
Lastly, I just learned that the Yei river has crabs...one walked across my doormat yesterday, who knew?
peace!
celebrate a good nights rest!
Robin
"Definition of a missionary: Find out what God is doing and join Him." This quote sums up exactly what I hope to do! I'm so excited to be a part of the adventure that God's put before me!!!
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4 comments:
WHY would ANY country do the census in the middle of the freaking night??
Oh my goodness. I hope you are getting sleep! With painting jars for hours at end and middle of the night jostlings, well, its a wonder its not a first world over there! goodness! sorry about the piles of dirt - do you need shovels? People who will shovel? What are the specific inplementation needs here that we can pray for and seek out? If the welsh can make a hill a mountain, surely some folks out there can make a pile a road! LOVE YOU LOTS AND LOTS! Lari
hey friend! so...the Census...seriously...that is classic and could def make an excellent two truths and a lie.
Today as we drove to see some friends, Titus said, "mom, i sure miss Robin from California." AWE! i thought that was so sweet...I have no idea what we were doing that made him think of this...so obviously he's been thinking about it for a while now. I think it is funny that when you are here, you are "robin from Sudan" but when you are in Sudan, you are "Robin from California"
so all that said, you are missed by the burgers.
now...GET SOME SLEEP.
Hey Robin, this is Brent. I read your blog and i would have probably messed my pants. well anyways iam praying for you. i hope that you are well. we do miss seeing you. take care
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