Robin's Missions

Friday morning I took a trip with Bishop, AnnGrace, and 9 other staff members to go change the sheets at Morobo. AnnGrace and Bishop had made a surprise visit the day before and were shocked at what they found- You could smell the children's rooms before you ever entered the building. Apparently the sheets were only changed to the "nice" ones when visitors were coming. Crazy! So new sets of sheets were bought (on credit because it's THAT important) and we went down for a whirlwind sheet changing extravaganza. All the old sheets should be burned by now...I hope! In case you were worried, it's all on film, Bishop had his video camera- Although my friend Megan gets all the credit for being there--Bishop spent the day calling me Megan and AnnGrace spent the day correcting him. Ha! After lunch Pastor Julius and I blew up balloons and let the kids chase them around the compound- what fun planned chaos! Squealing kids everywhere! Sneaky kids too...when we passed out snack some tried to stuff them in their pockets and get back in line--kids will push their boundaries, eh?! Anyway, I'm hoping that the new sheets are the beginning of a new way of doing things, that the kids rooms get cleaned for the sake of the kids not just the visitors!

Saturday it was back to Lora for the weekly Bible study- I'd call it the women's Bible study but we now have 3 men that come-- how great! It was a long day- Christine helped out the guys go to the water hole (literally) to get the water for the orphanage- Their vehicle had broken down and they were having trouble collecting as much water as they needed. They really just stuck the containers into this hole and let them fill with water- the water was cloudy, I really hope it's not their drinking water! If it is, it makes sense why the kids have had stomach problems this week. While they were off filling the water containers the women were having fun making the white person do various tasks- It was comic relief for the women. I ground peanuts on a stone, i attempted basket weaving, I learned to embroider, and i tried and failed at miniature crocheting! Overall, very fun! The women were very concerned about all the bites that covered my body-- Don't worry, the "bites" are only my God given freckles and moles. ha! Once the women were convinced that i was fine they decided that God must have wanted to make me Sudanese but forgot to finish the task-- funny women.

An update on the roads-- the UN has been doing some work to flatten the huge piles that are everywhere- it's a great temporary fix! I'm hoping the surveyors from Kenya and Uganda will actually be working on better roads for the future- As it is, two straight days of driving really have made me know exactly how many muscles are in my body, oy! :) But it's so worth it! 

Off to get a million things done today!
Praise God for ALL He's doing!
Thank you to everyone who is keeping up with me, and for all the messages-- it really means a ton to hear from you!
Cheers!
Robin

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"Joy is the serious business of heaven."
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