Saturday, December 8, 2007

Days 19-21: Winding Down and Climbing Up

Winding Down

On Thursday, we attended our weekly station meeting, which is a fellowship gathering of the missionaries here. Since we will be leaving next Thursday afternoon, this was our last one. Dr. Faile asked us if we could lead the discussion, so Amara delightedly agreed to do so (since she had already wanted to). I picked a few songs to sing for worship, a couple which were familiar to people and a couple which were new. I had trouble getting the guitar we had here in tune, so we ended up singing acapella, which was nice. Amara led the discussion on the topic of sacrifice. She opened by talking about how she celebrates/recognizes Advent in her family. We then read a few passages and an excerpt from an Advent book, and then people shared about what sacrifice meant to them and how they had seen sacrifice play out in their lives. We closed the evening with a a couple more worship songs, a time of prayer, and refreshments (Elisabeth Faile made some yummy cookies and popcorn).

At the end of the night, we were each also given a nice picture of the Baptist Medical Centre as a keepsake. Here we are with Dr. Faile and Dr. Hewitt, the two extraordinary missionary doctors here:


Amara and Elisabeth Faile with an Advent star:


Climbing Up

Yesterday happened to be Farmer's Day, a holiday here. This day allows farmer's to be recognized for their exceptional crops and get awards for them. Since we didn't have clinic, our afternoon was free to relax. With our free-time, Dr. Hewitt picked us up and took us out to a couple of scenic short hiking/climbing areas. The fields nearby had been burned down, so there was plenty of ash all around us (and eventually on us, too). It was quite fun to get out and hop around on the rocks and such. Here are some pictures from our excursion.

Amara making her way up the rocks:


Amara is queen of the world!


She's a ballet dancer on the edge of reason..


Riding a "whale" of a rock..


Peering into the future..


Sporting and pointing to her "hard hat":

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

We just got back from Florida. The Lord is doing great things with our family there. Looking forward to sharing with you.

Keep up the great work and keep having fun.

We're still praying for you. Safe travels !

Love,

Dad

Unknown said...

I can't believe all the amazing adventures you have been on in Africa in such a short time. Probably gives you a lot of perspective on what specialty you want to go on in the medical industry huh?

Well, highlights from this week... Chanda, Heidi, a coworker of Heidi and I went out for a girls night. I had to borrow some of their clothes cuz I forgot we were dressing up when I headed over there and we had a nice dinner out. Actually, later today I am joining Heidi for an xmas party at her church. I picked up this really cute dress and shoes for the occasion I will show you sometime as the girls want to do another night out all dressed up.

Well, I am glad to hear things have been so awesome for the both of you over there and I look forward to days and days more with pictures of all the details of your adventures when you return.

LOVE YOU BUNCHES little sis :) I am so proud of you!

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