God's People

We have been preoccupied with personal matters the past couple of days. On December 21, 2008 (10 days before we left for Africa), our older son Mark suffered a second stroke, and this week (on Thursday, February 5, 2009) he underwent “full on” open-heart surgery. We thank all God’s people for their prayers. We are happy to report that the surgery was a success. Now we pray for his recovery.

This week, Darlene and I helped set up a Medical-Nursing library/conference/study room. This involved carrying a lot of big, heavy books up three flights of stairs, totaling 42 steps! We hope, before we leave, to see the completion of this project (we need mlore bookshelves). Next week, I am going to focus my attention on getting one computer lab functional (only three of the 15 computers “work”) and setting up another…working with various parts and pieces.

This morning we went to visit another clinic nearby the campus. It is a project of the Plymouth Brethren Church: we were quite impressed, most of all with the care-giving personnel. It was a well-run operation, providing medical services to 100+ patients per day.

This evening, by special invitation(!), we are going to the American Embassy for a concert.