July 18

We had a great day today. The VBS got off to a great start with about 300 women, children, and men. The children had stories, did crafts, and played games. Nathan, Jenna, Erika, Josh Weldon, Danielle, Ashley, Knoll, Saundra, and Pam have worked hard to get the VBS together. Betty and Angela presented a wonderful women's class. Many of them are now staying to talk with us. We have come a long way in the relationship building with them. We have truly become sisters in Christ.

For the first time, we had a men's activity in the day time. Ron Fuqua and Tom Hayden (New Mexico) did small engine repair and welding classes. They had at least 12 men come. Kim Combs worked in Agriculture and did soil sampling with some of the farmers.

The older children are working with us to write books and paint signs. We are studying the sermon on the mount. We have over 50 in the 11-15 age group doing these projects. George, Margaret, Patty Fricke, Starr Hayden, and Tammy are working on this project.

The medical team (Lynn Palmer and Jennifer Pentecost) bought medicine today for several sick folks in the village. Tomorrow we set up a clinic. We are going house to house handing out a bag of medical supplies which are very hard to come by here. We have over 100 bags packed.

The t-shirt give-away went great. We had over 500 t-shirts.

Twelve teachers came to a teacher workshop for three hours this afternoon. They are very grateful for the training and the materials. Betty, Saundra, George, Margaret, Eddie, and Starr have been active in this endeavor.

Mayo is making sure that we all get to the right places and the teams working smoothly.

We are all fine... a little sun burned and a few bug bites, but having a great time. Continue to pray for us.

Love,
Margaret