WHAT NOW??

The last few days have been rather......stressful! We started out early Saturday morning with Jon waking up with back pain. No biggie.....I mean he always has back pain. But this time it was different......it didn't go away and just got worst. It was the hardest thing to watch him be in so much pain. I was crying myself because I couldn't do anything to ease the pain! About 10:30 I was calling our team mates to take him to the hospital. Of course, that in itself is a hard decision here.....to go to the doctor or tough it out at home. This time Jon was begging to go see a doctor. Going to the doctor here means staying for hours (or in Jon's cause...a few days); the stress of being sure you understand the doctor and he understands your French; knowing the doctors won't tell you ANYTHING; and wondering why they don't ask you what you are allergic to, medications you are on, etc. But God has always been good to us and brought us through each situation! We now know that Jon has 9 kidney stones. Not fun! He has passed one. Please join us in prayer that he will pass all of them before we load our flight to the states this week!

I spent a lot of the day at the hospital with Jon but came home later in the afternoon to start supper for Autumn and I. About 10 minutes into cooking our supper the gas bottle was empty. Well, that isn't something I have learned how to change yet.....so I got out the electric skillet and cooked the meat on it. So, we had meat and bread, minus the mashed potatoes!

About 9:00 I decided it was time to head to bed for some rest, but I heard this horrible noise outside. I went out to see if I could find where it was coming from and I heard water gushing. I looked over at the pump house and saw water going everywhere! I called our team mates again (thanks Mike!) and he came over and turned the water off. Well, he got a free bath out of it! Water was shooting everywhere because the water line had busted! So, now we are out of water until I can contact the office in the morning to send someone over to fix it.

Life isn't always easy in Africa...but as always, God is still in control! Please pray for Jon and our travels this week. We want our travels to be uneventful...nothing like the chaos of the last couple of days!

Guess I better get off here and try to get some rest.....you never know the electricity might be off in a few minutes! :)

Love,

Teresa