A Week in our life

We don't have the 9-5 working hours that most of you do...but no one here really does. Life is pretty relaxed. This week Jody visited with friends after helping them work in the rice field.

Then he attended the wedding of this family. They already have a 3 month old baby. Most couples here only get married when the woman is already pregnant. That way they know that she is fertile.

Jody got up at 5am one morning to help our neighbors roast a couple pigs in their yard. I slept in and joined the party later!

Jody sat with the men on our street to visit. The women were too busy to sit and visit.

These are some of our neighbor's kids.


Then we taught English to some local children for two days. A national believer shared a story with them in their language.


These are some of our college students, meeting on our front porch to study the word in english.

One day we hiked a long way to a village high up in the mountains. The view of the rice fileds with the ocean in the background was breathtaking.

I had taken my watercolor pencils so we sat and sketched, in awe of our Creator and His creation.


Our week ended by driving 3 hours to the capital city, where Jody preached at the English service. I got away with a girlfriend from the states for a couple days of spiritual renewal.