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Greetings from our dark house. We had a lightning strike on Sunday afternoon that took out part of our battery back-up system. As a result, unless the city power is on, which is only the case maybe for a third of the time, or we are running our generator, we have no lights. Not usually too much of an issue but cooking by candlelight is pretty interesting. Did I just add paprika or cinnamon to the chilli? Finding a replacement for the bit that blew up is proving rather tricky, please pray that God will provide what we need.
Tim had a busy week last week with the Africa-wide Finance guru, Claire Hollis, in town for a visit. Lots to think about and some changes to implement in the finance system as a result. It is always so helpful to have people come and visit, both for us to benefit from their expertise and also for them to see what the situation is really like here.
The office is going to be turned upside down next week with a large workshop going on involving 7 people flying in from all around the world – USA, Philippines, Tanzania, Cameroon, Chad, Thailand as well as lots of our staff and several people from partner organisations here in Nigeria. The aim of the workshop is to train people to train members of language communities to work with their community to decide how they want their language to be used in the future. Do they mind if their language dies out? Do they want it to be used by their children and grandchildren? Do they want it to be written? Do they want audio recordings in their language? And so on. The desire is to empower language communities to make these decisions for themselves, rather than having an outsider telling them what they need.
On a more domestic note, we have found a supplier of fresh milk! We get a delivery to a friend’s house once a week. The milk does have to be pasteurised, still working on getting that technique refined. Well worth it though as it tastes delicious and creamy and is a lovely break from milk powder!
Thank you for all the ways that you support us!
Praise Good visit from Africa Finance Co-ordinator Claire Hollis Real milk!!
Prayer Replacement for the lightning damaged parts of our battery system A successful workshop next week and safe travel for the participants.
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