Rain and More Rain!

8 hours of rain during a 10 hour hike! It was amazing to me how dark it can get under the rainforest canopy when it is raining. Praise the Lord for such a safe hike through the rainy and slippery jungle. We did have to cut a tree down for a temporary bridge across one swelling river. I was feeling quite good about myself walking across the narrow tree trunk. I didn’t even fall, until I got to the muddy bank on the other side. 🙂 Because we left on Wednesday morning and didn’t need to be at the airstrip until 11 A.M. on Thursday it gave me a night to relax some at a village along the way. A short stick bed never felt so nice!

It was very encouraging to visit back in the village and see everyone again. I kept seeing answered prayers all around. There were a couple near deaths from accidents while we were away. Both the man and boy are doing just fine now. Our older neighbor was still with us and even walked over to meet me when I arrived in the village. The Lord kept them from any major sickness during our year of furlough. The teachers have taught through 1 Corinthians and are now doing a review before we begin lessons in Galatians. Literacy class was completed with five more people who can read and write Ivanga. Young men are still being trained to teach God’s Word and they recently taught from Creation to Christ to their families and young children.

Our house was fine considering that an earthquake had opened all three exterior doors and a huge tree fell missing the corner of our roof by about 15 feet. Our neighbors really looked out after things well. They nailed our doors shut and cleared out most of the tree.

Praise the Lord for the many ways He continues to show us that He alone is faithful and that we can entrust everything to Him. I hope that you are encouraged by all the recent answers to prayer. Thank you for praying for us and the Ivanga church.

Pressing on with you,
Dave