today I...

-killed a bug with my bare foot; my shoes were too far away.

-was trying to shake a baby bat off my toilet paper roll when Bertha (yes, I have named the bats that "hang out" in the bathroom Bernard and Bertha) came swooping over to save her baby.  I pretty much threw the roll out into the darkness and continued with my business.

-discovered when getting a new toilet paper roll that some sort of creature (mostly likely a rat) has been eating and shredding the extra toilet paper to create for itself a nest inside the basket where I keep the extra toilet paper.  Still don't understand how the rat can fit through the little holes in the basket to devour my tp.  Will be working on figuring out that soon.

-drew a Ford Model-T on the chalkboard (following the instructions in the drawing book of course!).

-chased chickens out the Lewis house and cleaned up poop all over the floor.

-made a family tree starting with Abraham and going all the way to Jacob's twelve sons.

-found out that the new South Sudan visa I have to get will be $400 USD.  Merrrrrr.  Praying that I can get it without having to be in person at a US Embassy.

-helped Carrie with our first women-only gathering on the compound to pray, sing, and listen to God's Word--to do worship together.  It went really well!!!  We had 21 ladies come.  They listened for the one hour while Carrie taught, while enjoying the tea we had made for them.  I held a world map, which they have never seen before, as Carrie used the example of us trying to travel ka nyakajen (by foot) to America.  To do that, we'd need to ask directions!  It's the same with our lives, we need to have direction to go the right way.  And Jesus Himself is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.  So to know better how to follow Him, we need to gather together and listen to His Word.

-watched our friends', Lokuru and Maria, faces as they saw Delilah's puppies for the first time today (that's the Lewis' dog--the puppies came on Friday morning!).

-sat during Carrie's talk and watched two babies pee on my porch.  Smile.  What are you gonna do?  One mother got up and retrieved some nearby leaves and sweeped the majority of her child's urine off the porch.  Thoughtful indeed.

-shook an old lady's hand after she wiped her nose with it and ate pumpkin with it.  Yummy.

What a day, what a day!
Just though you might want a little glimpse into Tuesday in Paringa, South Sudan.