Last Friday was hospitality night. Faculty and staff invited student families to their homes for dinner and fun. We enjoyed having three students visit us. Having time with just a few individuals allows us to get to know them better and ask questions that help us understand the different cultures better. Our students were from different tribes around Banz, the closest town to us.
This year, all the students are receiving decreased allotments of kau kau, the sweet potato that is the staple of Highlands diets, so they welcome a chance to get more and different food than they eat all the time. I thought spiced pound cake with a chocolate swirl would be unusual for them.
The students appreciate learning new games. We taught them Yahtzee. It was fun see them laugh and enjoy the evening. And we were heartened to see the ways they are applying the biblical concepts we are teaching them in class.
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Washer update--Please continue to pray for our patience as we allow time for our washer to get fixed. The part we thought was broken wasn't. Now we need to find out which one is.
As I was washing out clothes in the sink today, Esly was helping me. It struck me that she washes all her family's clothes by hand all the time. O Lord, help me be more grateful for my blessings.
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