Sunday, September 30, 2012

W'apow mu e,

We had a good day at church. We passed out the mosquito nets this

morning. We had oringinally planned to give them to the children.

But, the adults really wanted one too. So, we passed them out to

everyone who was there at the beginning of Sunday School. We still

had some left. So, we passed out the rest before church started.

Bonnie sat with her friends during Sunday school. Bonnie is so funny

when it is her turn to lead a song. She picks out each individual and

pulls them by the arm to the front. Then, she shows them exactly

where they should stand. If they aren't holding the sign quite right,

she straightens it. She even straightened each helper's chin today.

I had twenty in Sunday School. We had thirty by junior church time.

We had several children under the age of two today. A little boy

named Godfred was sitting next to me with his sister Barbara. Godfred

is about 18 months old, and Barbara is eight. Barbara was really

trying to listen to the story, and her brother started crying. She

asked if I could give him a toffee. I gave him one. As soon as he

finished that, he started crying again. So, Barbara went up to get

another piece of candy. I told her that he could not have another

one. I picked him up, and he started crying louder. So, I put him on

the bench between us. He was still crying. Barbara got up and moved

to a different bench so that she could hear the story better. I

picked Godfred up and walked outside with him. He immediately put his

head on my shoulder and stopped crying. I held him for the rest of

the class time, and he eventually fell asleep. Another little boy

kept trying to escape. It was a good thing that Ordeth taught the

lesson during junior church because I spent the whole time running

interference.

After church, some men from Brother Blay's family came to further

discuss the funeral arrangements. Then, we headed home.

We had a good service this evening as well. About fifty kids decided

to play in the church yard during the preaching. Dan was preaching.

So, Joe went outside to get them to leave.

Nantsew yie!

Joe, Laura, Gilbert, Danny, and Bonnie