Sabbath

Darren and Joanne are still sick, but Darren is doing somewhat better.

Melody and I traveled down to Dabgue this Sabbath. On the way we picked
up a girl who wanted to come again, but her mom was sick. The road was
quite wet and we had to drive through a lot of muddy water.

Today, instead of preaching, I played a few selections from the audio
Nangjere Bible. I think I will do this again, as the people seemed to
connect better. They really appreciate hearing the Bible in their own
language. Melody told a Bible story on Jesus and the storm, and we
played the associated passage from Mark 4 Nangjere Bible.

The former chief's wife is gravely ill. We visited with her last week
and this week we returned to see her and to pray.

After that we continued with the girl to her mom's house. Her mom is
sick. She has been to the hospital and purchased medication, but is not
using the medication. She wonders why she is so sick still. She says the
medication makes her dizzy. "Malaria is deadly," I said, "but the
dizziness should only last a week." We tried and tried to convince her
to use the medications she had purchased so that she can regain her
strength and health again. After prayer, we returned home.

In the afternoon, we drove to Kasire, the branch Sabbath-school Darren
and Joanne normally lead. The road was bad, especially in one deep
section where Melody waded/walked and I weasled through on the moto. At
the village, we presented the story of Jesus in the storm and Paul in
the storm (Acts 27). As we play audio Scripture, we are finding that
people really connect with the passage better. Nobody really knows how
to read well, and by the time somebody struggles through reading a few
verses, nobody can really remember what the passage said. But with a
smooth reader, they can easily listen to a whole chapter at a time. We
returned home just before the rain started to fall.

Please pray for this group of people that they will continue learning
and growing.