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| Houseboat homestay: Life on the lake |
What God is teaching us:
We definitely did not
get what we expected. Even though we expected to be living on a basketball
barge teaching sports to the kids of the village, due to repairs we have been limited
and our main source of connection with them has been through teaching English
in the afternoons. We have had to learn to be flexible but it has been great to
see the changes that have come about and how we've grown for them. All of us
have learned a lot from the people at the lake here as well and the way they
live their life.
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| Typical houseboat on the lake |
Life on the lake:
We live on a floating
barge in the middle of a lake. Our main task is working with four teenagers who
will be translators for future teams and future
cross-cultural workers themselves. We have been teaching them English and they have been
making great progress so far. They are great, and we have loved to be able to
spend time getting to know them and pour into them. We also have been teaching English
to 15 other kids in the village and build relationships with some of the
families there. We get the opportunity to to go prayer paddling and pray
over the village and everyone in it.
Prayer requests:
- Praying for the other barges for quick repairs so we can do our job here more effectively
- Pray for safety on the lake for us and all the people at the village
- Pray for our health, as we faced some sickness but we're already doing much better!
- Pray for the believers and non-believers here at the lake, that their hearts would continue to be moved by the Holy Spirit