Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Last Beach Day

Yesterday was our last beach day here, so we went out to Point Denis (accross the water from Libreville). An awesome day on all accounts with such nice weather. For me, it was a day to really relax and soak in the sun (something I haven't done in a while). On Monday, Tim, Christian, and I went back out to the church in Melen to finish, err actually start the drop plywood ceiling in the pastor's office and deacons' room. That was an interesting day because we started around 10am and finished at 2:45pm without a break. No biggie, because we were at the beach yesterday anyway. :-) Rough schedule for today and tomorrow, as we prepare to leave tomorrow night, is: shopping and Hope House today (I'm making dinner for us and Straw's tonight) + clinic and leaving tomorrow. There it is, our last two days in Gabon this summer.

Cool experience on Monday afternoon. I was walking back to the house from up the street and a group of Mamas called me over to where they were sitting. I guess I knew them from somewhere, but I could not think of it off the top of my head. We began to converse and they started to tell me about the baby that was with them. I learned that he was 4 months old and some other info. I also learned that they go to church and are believers in Christ. They then proceeded to tell me about another baby which is sick or had been. Let's back up first though, the mamas had me pray for the first baby, so I was placed in a plastic chair and prayed for the baby while I held him. Alright, they then presented me with the other baby and I held and prayed for her as well. This whole series of events spoke to me because I'm pretty sure the mamas don't know me that well. I'm sure they know that I'm staying with Tim and Meredith, but who is to say that I'm not a sketchy kind of person. They trusted in their prior knowledge enough to allow me to pray for their children. I am continually blessed here when God shows me this kind of trust and level of comfort with people.

On another note, the prayer request from my last post still stands. Please continue to keep the Heidengren family in your prayers. Thank you.

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