Author: Phil and Elin Henderson

PINEAPPLES

PINEAPPLES

Here is today’s pineapple haul from the garden. We are getting a whole lot more pineapples these days than we can eat. Our neighbors and visitors are benefiting greatly.
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FALLEN PAPAYAS

FALLEN PAPAYAS

Here is a picture of some of the unripe papaya casualties that fell during the recent storm.
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THE SUN WILL COME OUT…

THE SUN WILL COME OUT…

Praise the Lord, the sun did come out today! We had forgotten what it looked like. With the sun out we were able to do some much needed laundry and it all dried. Our water tank filled and our battery power was also topped off today for the first time in over a week. Amazing […]
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DAY 6 – STORM LETTING UP

DAY 6 – STORM LETTING UP

Finally after almost 6 straight days of wind and rain the cyclone is beginning to let up. Today the wind reduced its velocity and rain has turned to intermittent sprinkling. Things are much calmer. Walking around we saw more of the damage caused by this storm; trees down, houses reduced to a pile of bricks […]
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DAY 5 – THE STORM HAS A NAME

DAY 5 – THE STORM HAS A NAME

Apparently our tropical storm has a name… Cyclone Funso. We expected that the storm would die down today but for the fifth straight day it has been raining and windy. For most of the day the wind was about the same but the rain was a lot heavier. As evening arrives even the wind seems […]
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TROPICAL STORM

TROPICAL STORM

We are now entering our 4th day of non-stop wind and rain. A tropical storm has decided to park on top of us and not go away. Several houses have fallen in the village, including our latrine for the workers (see the picture). Phil’s office wall on the side that has been facing the wind […]
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LITERACY CLASS GRADUATION

LITERACY CLASS GRADUATION

After 4 months of studying this class of 7 just finished up their literacy program. It was a lot of hard work and sacrifice for them but they stuck with it and finished strong. We had a small ceremony to celebrate their accomplishments. Since it is the planting season we weren’t able to get together […]
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL… ELIAS STYLE

AMERICAN FOOTBALL… ELIAS STYLE

Every now and again daily soccer gets a little boring so Elias decided it was time for his buddies to learn some American football. “Hut, um, dois, tres…” We enjoy watching from the window. Let’s just say it is hard to recognize what we saw as being American football. The sport is complicated enough anyway […]
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“I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU DIDN’T STOP ME”

“I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU DIDN’T STOP ME”

One of the projects Phil gives his translation helpers when they are not busy is the job of transcribing and checking old recordings that he made while in language study. Our goal is that these recordings will produce a basis for a lexicon and eventually a dictionary in the Mwinika language. This week, while one […]
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SETTING THE TRAP

SETTING THE TRAP

This past week we taught on how Satan works very hard to trap and deceive each of us. This happens at both and individual and cultural level. Each culture has its own “bait” that it likes to fall for. We illustrated by reminding them how they trap birds. When they want to catch the epiliwi […]
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