This has been a very sad week for the Landuma village here. In the span of about a week there have been three deaths. One woman was on her way out to the fields to work and was bit by a snake and died. Another man was one of our guards who is a middle aged man, he passed away after being very sick for several months and just yesterday another woman died. Pete was able to go to 2 of the funerals. What can i say but hopelessness. Today after the third death for the sacrifices at the funeral they were making bigger sacrifices, perhaps trying to appease the spirits so that no one else dies? These people are Muslim outwardly but still hold to animism. Pray for them, pray that they will see their need for a God of grace. Pray for the missionaries and the few believers that are here. Pray for us that we will free up those in language study and translation and that more will come to know of Him.
The pictures are of some boys that have been coming by lately to play and they always grab Ian. When you have a baby, especially a white baby everyone wants to hold him. A believer from another village that we work in came last week and brought us some of the first of his peanut crop, what an honor. Lastly is our laundry lady who washes clothes for the dorm kids. She has/is listening to Bible lessons on tape with some other women but we don't know where her heart is. Pray with us for these people.
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Nice to read your blog. My daughter Debra Copeland and her husband Norm and two kids have just recently moved to Guinea with NTM.
So thankful our God is with you all!
Tami
Jeremiah 23: 23 "Am I only a God nearby," declares the LORD,"and not a God far away? 24 Can anyone hide in secret places so that I cannot see him?" declares the LORD. "Do not I fill heaven and earth?" declares the LORD.
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