This ‘N That

By: Cindy

Good Morning -
I’m writing this blog at 1:39am. I’ve been awake for about two hours now. Maybe three cups of coffee was too many this afternoon.

Blog
Many thanks to all of you who take the time to read our weekly blog! Several of you have posted comments and we just want you to know that even though we may not be able (for various reasons) to reply to all of your comments, they have not gone unnoticed. Thank you for all of the encouragement and kindness you extend to us each week! We GREATLY appreciate it!

Baptism!
Great news! We have a new sister in Christ! Harry’s wife, Tess, was baptized into Christ on Wednesday afternoon. I wish you all could have seen the smile that stretched from ear to ear when she told me that she wanted to become a Christian! It was pure joy at its best! Interestingly, Tess is also the sister of Sam, Nipina, and Andrew and the daughter of Abu Iata and Abu Salome who are all Christians living and worshipping in Etas Village just outside of Port Vila.

Food
Our food situation has greatly improved over the last month, as new crops are starting to grow. I am SO THANKFUL that the market is beginning to offer more than just slimy island cabbage (in my opinion), young coconuts and cucumbers. Now we are beginning to enjoy avocado, green peppers, onions, susut leaf and pumpkin leaf (greens), and a few types of green beans! Yea! AND a new shipment of flour just arrived in town. There hasn’t been a bag of flour to be had for about three weeks now and it was really cramping my style to not have flour on hand! I was so happy to see those 25Kilo bags of flour stacked outside a store I could have yelled for joy! (It’s the small things in life, you know…)

Care Packages
Our teammate, Mike, has informed us that there are a few boxes waiting for us at our house in Port Vila. If you sent a care package to Port Vila, we will be sure to email/snail mail our thanks to you shortly after we arrive back in Vila at the end of April. So, don’t think we are ungrateful…we just are waiting to see what we are grateful for and to whom we should send our thanks! :o)

That Funny Kaela…
Last night Aaron and I were enjoying a cup of hot tea with our dinner. Kaela begged Aaron to make a little bit of hot tea for her to drink too. As he dipped the bag, he asked, “Kaela, how dark do you want it?” And she replied, “About the color of Martha, Miswel’s wife!” HAHAHA!!!! Kids! :o)