I am looking forward to having the fall at home - if that it was God allows.
This past week as been difficult. We've all seemed to reach the end of our supply - physically and spiritually..with these hills tribes. It's been hard to lead a group..when you were the STUDENT the week before. God took care of it though. He used it to teach me more about servant leadership..grace..and patience. God's good like that.
We will be leaving tomorrow for Chang Rai - praise God!! The last three weeks will be spent there. Terry and Janean get back on Saturday night. If all goes according to plan. It will be nice to have them. I don't want to make it sound like this past week has been terrible. It's been really good actually. We're all just tired.
We saw 13 people accept the Lord - it was an entire family. The were formerly the village witch doctors. So some of us got to witness/ take part in their 'cleansing ceremony' of burning all their charms and instruments that they had used to call the evil spirits. It reminded me of stories I'd hear from Grandpa and Grandma Walters in Madagascar.
On the fourth of July we were preparing to leave the Tribe. They killed a fatted goat. Correction. They had Emily- one of our teammates kill the goat. And then we watched them boil it..skin it..tear it from limb to limb, and make our dinners. Don't worry Dad - I took plenty of pictures. It was really disturbing. =)
The kids there were beautiful. I've been taking a TON of pictures of them, and really want to do some serious painting when I get home.
MOM...the end of the week we got to work in an orphanage that you would have just LOVED. It was set up so nice...more like a home then anything. They only had 10 little girls..and they treated them just like their own. We slept with them in one big open room. Under PINK mosquito nets. I felt like a princess.
I love you all so much. Eat LOTS OF that wonderful AMERICAN FOOD. You don't know how good you've got it..until you have rice and beetles, bat wing, pig ear, BBQ frog, fish eyes...or some of the other interesting 'delicacies' we've been so fortunate to sample (live on)...ha !!
Everything is funny in retrospect...so they say.
Did I mention we're going to CHANG RAI tomorrow?? God Bless Starbucks for taking over the world!!! ....land o lattes here I come.
LOVE YOU - joanna
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