Today has been delightful.  We all walked to church this morning.  Terri, the driver who always takes us out to Eyene, came with us.  He made the declaration that he is going to be in church every Sunday from now on.  What a thrill to see our new brother in the Lord start to take hold.  (See our recent prayer letters for details.)

It was my joy to introduce the team to Papa Alphonse, the blind man at church whom we help from time to time.  He is such a dear, sweet man.  He was thrilled to shake their hands and blessed each of them in turn.  

We invited Romeo to come back to the house and join us for the noon meal.  We were twelve for lunch.  Then we spent a blessed time together with the team and the four of us from Shiloh who spent the week with them in Eyene.  We debriefed our time in the village and all that God had done.  We finished our time together by going around the circle, telling each one in turn what they meant to us and how they blessed us.  

The water has been off since before we returned to Shiloh yesterday afternoon.  It is still off.  This means that the team has not had showers since they left their homes in Tucson, Arizona a week ago Friday.  We can only take sponge baths in the village, and we're taking sponge baths here at Shiloh now.   Oh well!