I am hearing voices… lots of voices… my own voice everywhere I go…ahhh! These days, all over the village, I hear myself talking. With the mp3 players being distributed each week my voice (and Francois’) is being heard all over the place. It is quite often that I pass a house and can hear my voice coming from inside the house. At first it was a little unnerving but I am getting used to it. In this case having a multiple personality disorder isn’t all bad. God is using it!! 🙂
I have one friend that has been sick for years. We strongly suspect that he has AIDS because he has all the symptoms. I have known him for about 4 years now. He had just moved back from living in the provincial capital because he was sick all the time and needed to be closer to family. He is one of the skinniest men I know. I am told that before he got sick he was one of the biggest strongest young men in the village. These days he is getting really bad. He lives close to my house so I stop in from time to time to visit him. He can hardly walk now and spends most of his days in bed. His wife left him a few weeks ago because he was so sick. He spends most days all alone in his room lying on his bed. He gets up from time to time to prepare himself a small meal and then goes back to bed. He is a mess. His eyes have clouded over and he has huge rashes all over his body. He is a very sick man.
Each week I take him a mp3 player for him to listen to. He loves it. Not only does it decrease his boredom but it is interesting to him. He is tracking along very well and always eager for new installments. He literally has nothing else to do except listen to God’s Word being taught.
Because the mp3 players are such a hit we are in the process of trying to get more of them. We are buying a different system that has units that are solar powered and that have their content protected. Each unit costs about $30. If you would like to help my schizophrenia worsen, you can click the “GIVE” link on this page put “Mwinika MP3” in the memo and we will know it was given for the purchase of more players.