Moving!

The past week has once again been a busy one. With the departure of Erick & Kara Duprey (the short termers who set up the clinic), my side of the duplex became vacant and ready for me to move in. So I spent the last week moving my stuff and getting settled in. I haven't started cooking yet because my refrigerator is broken. Both the stove and the refrigerator run off of the same propane tank, so I can't use the stove until the refrigerator is fixed. Mr. Smith was able to find the part to fix it on his town trip though, so it should be up and running soon. It was of the Lord's grace that he was able to get the part as they had been delivered to the store only an hour before he went to inquire about them.

 

Speaking of the town trip, Mr. Smith was delayed a bit later than he planned. First, when he arrived in town on Monday, he discovered that his truck was broken. He immediately took it to the repair shop, but didn't get it back until late Wednesday afternoon. He had intended to fly home on Thursday, but had to go to another city (about a 2 hour drive away) to pick up the motorbike. He made that trip on Thursday, then flew out on Friday. He attempted to ride the motorbike back to Kiari, but discovered that it wasn't really capable of making it up our steep grades. He ended up spending the night about halfway home and arrived late Saturday morning. Quite the trip! He hopefully won't have to go out again for another couple of months.

 

Clinic has stayed interesting as well. My latest excitement was last evening (Sunday). Two women had gotten into a vicious fight (rather common around here). One women picked up a stick and stabbed the other woman in the neck. When I examined her, she had a significant puncture wound in her neck, nicely situated between her carotid artery and her trachea. A few centimeters in either direction, and she would have been in serious trouble, if not dead. I was able to speak to her briefly about her mortality and God's protection. Please keep praying for the light of the gospel to shine into the darkness of this culture.