Today was a good day. Vernon drove a van load of us women to Ruth's house for 'Reunion de Hermanas'. It is a once a month gathering of women for a sharing and devotion and prayer time. Today one of the women talked about joy in our heart. I couldn't understand her but I came away encouraged and impressed, if I can say that. This woman has had serious health problems, Lyme's and hepatitis. She has two adorable children and a husband that is not a believer, yet she has a joy in her heart.
We have been very busy this week. On Wed. we all, everyone at the mission,plus Danny Beachys and Brian Yoders headed to Oratorio for a surprise birthday party for James Allgeyer. James used to live in the city and fly the mission plane. Oratorio is about a two hour drive from the city. When we got there, we were soon surrounded by curious children. Some of them remembered Vernon from a previous time he had been there and they wanted him to come play ball with them. James and another single guy, Steve Steckley, are renting a house that is very interesting. They get water for 4 hours every two days. On the "off" days, they have learned to shower with a half bucket of water, and laundry gets done on 'water' mornings or not at all. The interior of the house is a dirty, ugly green with a few light bulbs dangling from the ceiling, but they have these lovely arched doorways that I love.
Since we were in Oratorio, we all went to prayer meeting. The church there is very small and so we filled it up. We had to walk up a steep rocky path to the church and Vernon couldn't find a good place to leave the van so he drove most of the way up before spinning out on some wet slippery rocks. While we were praying we felt a pretty good earthquake tremor! That area has registered 3000 tremors since July 1!! Some of the tremors are too small to feel, but it has made some folks feel a bit nervous. Adios amigas...........
