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Dang! A month since my last post? That baby coffin thing was way to heavy to leave up there for a month.

I've just been stupid busy trying to get one of these houses to the point where it can be lived in. I feel like it's "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" and we've come down the the final moments before the the family arrives. Except I don't have a bus so I think I'll have to park a cow in front of the house. "Farm hand! Move that cow!" OK, so I thought I was funny. Unfortunately, I'm the only one that gets my jokes here. I'm close but still not where I was hoping to be. I got power but no plumbing yet. At least the team will get the "true African experience" by pooping in a hole and bathing from a bucket. I've actually come quite fond of the "squatty potty". I think we need some in the States.

Heading to Nairobi tomorrow morning. I'm hoping to catch a capoeira class in the eventin. Can't wait to see the team. The Expression 58 team arrives tomorrow and the Dinuba crew on Thursday. TheCall is on Saturday so we'll have a couple days to experience the madness that is Nairobi.

I need to sort through some pics so I can get some more up. If you're like me, the pictures are my favorite part of a blog.C

It shouldn't be

Yesterday I was at the lumber yard waiting for some materials. In a corner of the yard there was a man building a small wooden box. I tried to imagined what this little box was going to be used for. When he was halfway finshed with the lid I realized what he was making...

...A coffin...

A little coffin. It broke my heart. No coffin should be that small.

...No coffin should be that small...

So many pictures

I've taken a ton of pictures the past couple of months. More than the previous months. Problem is, most of them are just boring. Building pictures. OK, so I know a few of you would be very interested in what goes into a building here, but most of you don't really care. So I'll save the building pics for another time. Here's a handful of the less boring pics. Enjoy!

There is no back pain in heaven

I had the opportunity to speak at church again on Sunday. I shared four truths about God, and who I am in God, that have really moulded my veiws. The Spirit gave me a word about low back pain before I started speaking. After I spoke I called up everyone with low back pain so we could pray for them. Five ladies came to the front and the rest of the church pulled heaven down. One lady fell under the power (next time I better have catchers) and another shrieked and jumped as a spirit left her back. When it was over two ladies reported complete healing, two had vast improvement and one usually has pain in the evening so I'll get her report later. "On earth as it is in heaven"(Matthew 6:10).

Finally...I'm back online. The connection is pretty fast too, for Africa.

Friday, Noah and I took a trip to Eldoret which is the biggest city near us. We have to go there for certain things that aren't available in our small town. We came back with a car load of door hardware, plumbing, and electrical fixtures. It's was a fun little shopping spree.

We also dropped by the car dealer's place. It's not looking good (in the natural anyway). It's sounds as if we weren't the only people this guy screwed over. From what we heard he's taken a bunch of money from other people and went into hiding. It's really unfortunate because he was running the business out of a church that his dad was the pastor of. Now this guy's mom has to go reresent her son's business in court. I'm not sure what's going to happen with this mess. Hopefully, at worst, I will only lose $1,000 on the deal. I'm just standing on the truth that, "for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose (Rom 8:28).

It's about time I got some more pictures up too. I'll work on that next.

The condensed version

I'm at a cyber in Kitale with Joylyn right now. Still haven't been able to get my computer back on the net and the connection in Bungoma has been terrible. A ton has happened in the last month. How bout I just give a quick run down.
I had my phone, knife and passport picked from my pockets when I got in the middle of a crowd. Thankfully some "good christian" boy found my passport and sold it back to me. Losing my phon is what has caused me the internet problems.
I bought a car. Toyota Touring (station wagon) 4-wheel drive. The problem is the dealer that I bought it from has disappeared and he is my link to getting the log book for the car (the Kenyan equivalent of a pink slip). Please pray on that for me.
We've completed the walls for one house and are about 1/3 of the way done with the second. The building is going fast and has kept me very busy.
An irate neighbor (clearly under the influence of the enemy) had Noah taken the police department for something he didn't do. No worries though. Long story short it all worked out in our favor and now we have some high ranking freinds down a the station.
Well, there's the major stuff. Later.

I've had some internet issues for the past few weeks so I'm making this post from my phone. I hope to be back online by the end of the month...I hope.