Here are a few points that I wanted to let you know about, but wasn't able to fit in my prayer letter:
Update on Fuel Prices
Thank you for praying about the problem of high gas and diesel prices. After about a month of skyrocketing fuel prices, the situation was resolved and prices returned to normal.
Sara Kaba Deme Old Testament Project
In spite of the condition of the assistant Sara Kaba Deme translator, Paul Yongo, in February I was able to hold a workshop with the chief translator and one of the younger potential translators. We checked 60 chapters of Psalms and the whole of Ezra.
Ministering in the Chadian Hot Season
Although many of you are probably still experiencing snow and ice, here in Chad we are just starting our hot season. Between mid-February and mid-May, and especially in the month of April, daytime temperatures can reach as high as 110 F / 45 C. Nights aren't much better, getting only down into the 90's F / 30's C. There is little relief from the heat, since very few places have air conditioning. As you can imagine, everyone (including Chadians) gets hot and cranky. During all this heat, we have a number of different visitors coming from the US to help with various ministries: Bible translation, literacy training, teaching nationals, and exhorting Chadian church leadership. It can be quite a shock to the system to come into this climate from the American springtime. Please pray for these people and their different ministries, that the Lord will give them grace and strength to cope.
How does one keep cool at night?
ReplyDeleteHaha, well, sometimes you don't. :-) But we usually have enough electricity for electric fans, so that helps. Some missionaries put a damp towel over themselves and let the fan blow on that. Also taking a shower right before going to bed helps -- nothing like going to bed sweaty to get a bad start to a hot night. :-) Typically people take at least two or three showers a day during the hot season, anyway.
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