Some cute pics of Joshua

What a great day.

Today I was able to go across the street and talk to one of our neighbors Mama Miré. I have learned so much from her about the culture. Today, I saw how rice looks when it comes from the field. Just to get the rice out of the shells takes hours. It made me very thankful for the bags of rice that are available to buy in the store. I am so thankful for great neighbors who are willing to sit with you and chat.

I was also able to make pot-stickers with Jesse and Ravioli with Joshua, what a fun day. Also our garden is almost ready, I was able to work in it a little today, I can't wait to pull out a large carrot from the garden. So far we have sweet potatoes planted, pineapples, carrots, and onions. Tomorrow I hope to plant tomatoes, green beans, zucchini and squash. Oh yes we are going to try and plant some peanuts fun fun fun. I will keep you all posted on how those are going.

New land for Yvette

A few months ago my friend Yvette who helps me out in the house, started praying about buying some land to put a house on. She is a single mother with 4 children who is willing to do what ever it takes to take care of her family. She has scrubbed floors, sold food on the side of the road, washed clothes, to provide for her family.

Because of her situation she is not able to put money aside to buy land. A few weeks ago she came to us and asked us for a loan to buy land. Jesse discussed with her the details of the loan. She decided to pay extra on the loan each month to pay it off quickly. She bought a wonderful piece of property and we are so happy for her. This is such a great opportunity for her and we are so happy that she has a chance to have her own land and someday build a mud brick house on the land.

Yesterday we all went out to see the land she has bought. She has planted corn on the land for now since she is not able to build on it yet.

I praise the Lord for a friend like her, she is such a great example to me. Her love for the Lord grows daily and we stand amazed at how many wonderful things the Lord is doing in her life.

Children's camp

This past Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, I was able to tell a missionary story to some children at a day camp at Lomé 2 (one of the churches in Kara). I decided to tell the story of Saul's life. What a great example of a missionary, I was able to teach the kids how God was glorified through the life of Saul. I ended the story with Saul (Paul) and Silas in the prison, they loved that story and so do I. It was a great example of God's power. My prayer is that the children will remember how great God is and was, and that they will live their lives for Christ. Please pray the children in Lomé 2.

We went back to Lomé 2

Today we decided to go and visit the church that we worked in for a year. Even though we have only been gone for a few months it was still fun going back and seeing all of the wonderful people at Lomé 2. I have missed all the children and the woman so much. It is a blessing to see the people and see them growing in the Lord.

I decided to do it.

I decided to start the blog "From Scratch" the address is

http://fromscratchbytiffany.blogspot.com/

I hope you enjoy it.

What do you think?

I have been thinking about starting another blog in the future. The blog would be named From Scratch. I would show people how to make things from scratch again, things like English Muffins, Tortillas, Ricotta cheese, you get the point. So what do you think? Let me know if you would be interested.

Please pray for our neighbors

Please be praying for Jesse and I as we take the next step with our neighbors. The Lord has given Jesse and I both a burden to help and reach our neighbors for Him. We already know our neighbors very well and we praise the Lord for such wonderful friends. We are praying the Lord would show us what direction He would like us to go. Thank you for your prayers.