Chronicle for 2010-07-15

Had a good day today. Steve and I spent most of the day working on the wiring in staff house six. We should be completed with most of it tomorrow. It was fun again working alongside the local workers, hearing their stories and interactions with each other.

At one point there were a couple of small boys, Joshua who is 12 and Caleb who is 10. They are the sons of Eliazar, a professor at the university who is from the area around Yekepa. I was chatting with the boys and giving them the little round knockout disc from the electrical boxes. Steve had made a foot bag from a sock so I showed it to them and how to play it. They were having a good time until on of the walked back quietly and handed back to me and preceded to tell me they were told they could not use it anymore.........basically I had gotten them in a bunch of trouble. I was happy to know I could still cause trouble thousands of miles from home.

Lunch today was interesting. Peanut butter soup with beef over rice. Never know so much could be done with peanuts, it was not bad, but definitely my least favorite of the local dishes so far.

Becky Chinchen got the go ahead from Del on the pig house she wants to build. I hear there are a number of workers showing up tomorrow to start making bricks for the project. I am assuming I will be working on that project at some point before i leave although I am sure it will not be anywhere near complete before then.

Nils and I walked around a bit after dinner and he showed me where some future electrical plans were headed to support additional staff housing. Del's master plan for the campus is to house and educate about 300 students and staff. This would be about double the size of the campus prior to the war. He is a man of great wisdom and faith and I am confident he will take this university to a level it has never seen.

Looking forward to tomorrow and continuing the work around here.....

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