A Taste of Home

In coming to Africa for an extended period of time you know your sacrificing things often taken for granted.  Family, friends, constant electricity, the lake, and mexican food are just a short list of the comforts left back home.  But just the other day I managed to get one of these comforts back....Golf!  

About 15 minutes from my house in a more remote area of Jos I discovered Flamingo Golf Course.  Like many things here it quite different than the norm back home.  For instance, greens are called browns (you'll see why in the pic below) and large rocks in the middle of the fairway make for a much different hazard than sand.  One positive quality of Nigerian golf is price, 18 holes cost about $5 plus another $2 for the caddy (no golf carts).  While it's not exactly the same as back home I'm just ecstatic to stumble across an activity that I thought wouldn't be played until I returned.   

Ruth & Sarah Update

(Ruth is the girl smiling on my lap)

I want to thank everyone for the continue prayer and concern for the two girls (Ruth and Sarah) who were rescued from a demonic colt less than a month ago.  I happy to report that the girls seem to be making a smooth transition.  

Ruth (age 6) has wasted no time making new friends and adapting to her new environment.  She has quickly become one of my favorite girls at Gyero.  As you can see in the attached photos she has an amazing smile.  Sarah (age 11) on the other hand hasn't quite adjusted as quickly as her younger sister but is coming along very well considering what she's been through the last month.

One really cool things to witness this past month was how the girls living with Ruth and Sarah rallied around them in their struggles.  When the sisters were awaken with nightmares in the night, other girls in the compound - some who have been through similar situations - would wake up to pray and worship with the girls and their Auntie to help get them back to sleep...an unselfish act not commonly found in kids.

Please continue to pray for these girls and others alike as this seem to be one of the fast growing need in our ministry. 

Ruth

Sarah