What have we learned or experienced this week, you may ask . . .
Daniel wasted no time in trying his skills at climbing a coconut tree and this time he got higher than ever before . . .
Isaac was happy to sit by and cheer him on at the base of the ladder.
“Now, I’m too scared to climb any higher and too scared to climb down,” said Daniel at this point in the venture.
Tobi was eager to play with when Daniel finally did reach the bottom of the tree.
For the rest, we do not have pictures to share . . .
- After being a bit overwhelmed on the first day of school, Nathan and Isaac quickly adapted to their new classrooms, schedule, and teachers.
- Josiah has gotten started on the online college classes that he is taking this year. He has been reminded of how difficult some days of class can be when internet service is less than desirable, but so far, he is doing well with what he has.
-Daniel continues to work with other RMI staff on the very lengthy list of to-dos that need to be accomplished. He spent one full day this week cleaning the ice machine to ensure that it is ready for the teams that we will be serving in the coming weeks.
- Tina is figuring out her school schedule, Creole studies, and hospitality responsibilities.
- Lee has gotten back into the swing of team schedules and correspondence, as well as, working hard to catch up on the yard work and responsibilities at home.
- We have learned that rat traps do not catch mice . . . therefore, mousetraps have been ordered (we will spare you the pictures of the messes left by our attempts at capturing mice and rats this week). We believe that although one rat may have escaped the trap, the mess that it left behind indicates that it probably did not survive for very long and since we haven’t smelled any foul odors, yet, we are confident that it did not die in the house (may I insert a happy dance here:).
- Tina learned that geckoes may jump (or fall) from the ceiling at random and land on you when you are innocently laying on the bed reading. (Sorry, those pictures didn’t turn out) I’m not sure who was more surprised, the gecko or Tina.
- We have experienced the blessing of rain at the end of the day on several occasions this week; no words can express the incredible feeling of that cool rain and breezes to end a hot, sweaty day:)
So, now we enjoy a day of rest and get right back at it tomorrow morning.
May you all enjoy this new week that God has planned for you, whether the events of this week are ones that you are looking forward to, or events that you wish just didn’t need to be experienced . . . God is in the center of them all!!
