Last week was the first week that the YWAM team (Dan and Wendy, Kenni, Sarah, and Tiesha) here led English classes at the base. The classes are three times a week, MWF, for two hours for all of June. Because I was watching the kids on Wednesday, I was only able to attend the classes on Monday and Friday. So far they are going really well. The people who come (who are all friends of YWAM staff) are tons of fun to work with and are eager to learn. They are truly a blessing to me, and I haven't known them very long!
Friday night the girls and I went to another birthday party. It was for the teenage son of a pastor of the church the girls attend. It wasn't by any means as large as the first party I went to but it was a blast. It was at their house. Though the girls, Dan, Wendy, and I were the only non-family members there, there were probably forty people including aunts, uncles, cousins, second cousins, and siblings. The girls had suggested that Manuel (the birthday boy) have karaoke at his party, so he did! It was a ton of fun. Kenni had her iPod with her so we plugged it in toward the end of the party and broke out a ton of American songs. They loved it! They didn't want us to leave, but we finally pulled away around midnight.
Funny story: the Kenni, Tiesha, and I were partaking in what we like to call a "water binge" on Wednesday night when we noticed that the water tasted like mint. Very strange. Hm. Thursday morning I was hanging out with the kids and Joe, the second oldest, comments that the water tastes like mint. Weird. We were telling Sarah later that day, and she looks down at the water jug (which holds about 3-4 gallons of water), lifts it up onto the counter and very angrily says, "Maybe because it's got a big wad of gum in it!" Joe had put his half-chewed gum in and polluted what we thought was the last of our water supply. I thought it was pretty funny. The other girls didn't. At all.
On a more serious note, I have a few prayer requests.
1. On Friday, the girls and I went to the base to set up for English classes and found that it had been broken into. Whoever did it stole about $2000 worth of tools and equipment. It had been broken into before (at one time some kids had cut the electrical wires so the whole building, which is not small, had to be rewired) because the base is not in-town. However, a lot of us felt that this specific instance had spiritual implications. There was definitely a weird feel to the place when we got there and, though it was still daytime, the girls were a little uneasy. Of course, as you probably guessed, I was still sitting there analyzing the situation while the girls were running toward the van to go who knows where. English classes were still held. And, contrary to common belief, the police here actually do stuff every so often, as was demonstrated when about seven of them showed up to investigate during our English class. It didn't interfere with anything. Anyways, the tools that were stolen David had accumulated over about eight years, so you can imagine the disappointment that he and the other YWAM staff must have felt. Please keep him and the safety of the base in your prayers. There are still valuable items (such as a drum set and a four-wheeler) being stored there.
2. David and Leah are trying to work out a place for me to stay for the month of July. I may have mentioned before that I may stay with a girl from a nearby village. It would be very different, even from where I am living now. I am also going to ask the family mentioned above (Pastor Laura's family) if I could stay with them for some time this month. I would appreciate pray for direction and that I would be placed with the right people.
Thanks for reading all of this. I always write more than I expect :)
Blessings to all of you,
Lauren
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