Ghana Field Journal — Missions With the Consfords
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Bonjour, At breakfast this morning, we were talking about a name for the kitten. Gilbert and Danny had decided that they wanted to make the cat a boy…
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Bonjour,
At breakfast this morning, we were talking about a name for the kitten. Gilbert and Danny had decided that they wanted to make the cat a boy so that they could name it Ranger. We told them that they couldn’t change the cat into a boy when God made it a girl. Danny had said yesterday when he found out that the cat was a girl that we should name her Strawberry Shortcake. We are going to call her Straw for short.
We had a good morning at church. It was like a mini-revival. Edna, the lady that got saved yesterday, came this morning. Joe preached a message about salvation and soul winning. One young man came forward to get the assurance of his salvation. Two people committed to start going soul winning on Saturdays. Another man committed to start attending all of the church services. He came back tonight and said that his wife wants to attend with him; she wasn’t there today because she had a baby yesterday.
Joe had a meeting after church. Our chicken in the crockpot was about to cook dry, but it was very tender and good.
The kids went to Bible Club after lunch. They wanted to take the kitten to Bible Club, but we told them that everyone would be playing with Straw and not listening to the story. Bonnie fell asleep in the grass as usual. April and the Luthers will be leaving on June 13 to go back to the States. I told April that I would start doing the Bible Club when she leaves; we are going to move it back to Saturday mornings instead of Sunday afternoons.
Church this evening went well. Joe preached on the first three fruits of the spirit. When he was talking about joy, he was asking what five things Christians must do. I said Bible reading. Gilbert said, “Mom, I know the next one – praying.” When Joe asked for the second one, Gilbert yelled it out. Then, Gilbert wanted to know what the next one was so that he could answer it too. He ended up giving all of the remaining answers. He cheered for himself after he gave the fifth answer. Bonnie said, “You meany, Gilbert. You didn’t even let me say one word.” Danny had fallen asleep.
After Joe brought us home, he had to go meet with a couple who is having marital problems. He got back home about 9:00. We are having the Luthers, April, and Becky over for lunch for Memorial Day tomorrow. I made a cake and a potato salad tonight so that we can try to get school in before the company comes.
A demain,
Joe, Laura, Gilbert, Danny, and Bonnie