The team had a wonderful time at Cookie's church in Pango village with a celebratory send off and presentation of our plane tickets. Of course we had paid for these tickets so it was a bit humorous to us! Six people from that church have also joined us for this first mission to Tanna.
We have set up camp in the jungle. The weather is pleasant, around 75 degrees, which is an answer to prayer. The locals are very intrigued with our white skin since most of them have never seen any whites! They tend to sit chewing their sugar cane, spitting, pointing and staring at us. Pray that we could be culturally sensitive to them.
Shopping is in a small open air market. We have bought some very interesting vegetables that we have never seen before that will be our main diet the next few days. They are some cross between cucumbers and squash. We're thankful that we don't have to figure out what to do with them. God has blessed us with a cook. :)
The plan for the next few days is to do our drama and have evening meetings and prayer for the people here. They have asked us to teach on family and spiritual warfare. We have also been asked to help preform a wedding ceremony, so that should be a fun cultural experience!
Thanks so much for standing with us in prayer. God is faithful to meet our needs. Warren has been battling flu symptoms and we would appreciate prayer that those symptoms would stop and go no further in the group!
We love you!
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2 comments:
i could see johnny joining in with the chewing and spiting. we have been on google earth to see you so wave to us.
I am so glad to read that you are all feeling better. We are anxious for you to come home safely. The prayers continue on this end. I hope you all are enjoying the fruits of your labor. Ari, I miss you.
Belinda Hegarty
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