Bon Jour those of you sticking with us so far. Thanks for your comments- they are a bright spot from home! We are doing well- the last few days have been spent working around the center. Just like any urban location, everything is "harder" here - buying groceries, doing laundry, taking a group in public transportation. We painted a large room and a back room - not as exciting as Kory's beautiful murals- which by the way, little Joshua, 18 mos, loves, loves, LOVES the camel and the ark - he points at all the animals and laughs - sooo cute.... but clean and bright and much appreciated. We have a boatload of work to do today and allllll day tomorrow - cleaning top to bottom, then decorating top to bottom, baking well over a thousand cookies from scratch (you should see the calculations from grams to ounces, etc- hilarious - and trying to figure out the ingredients- imagine buying your baking soda from the pharmacy - ha!) cooking up a storm (moroccan chicken - yum!) then hosting many guests and cleaning it all back up again for church on Sunday, probably welllll past midnight.
But this is our main task here so we are excited to help and to see what the future brings as these relationships with friends and neighbors blossom. Again, the workers here are on duty night and day, a very fast pace - a lady (from Italy) wandered in last night around 9 pm as we were finshing cleaning and we invited her in for tea and ice cream and a nice visit! The workers make friends with everyone so we visit the shopkeeper next door, the hardware guy, the souvenir guy, the bakery lady - the nice one AND the grumpy one. Just like their logo, they are a lighthouse in a very dark place. Lift us up over the next few days- this event is huge for our friends and while it is a lot of work, it is a blessing ot serve! Missing you and looking forward to coming home soon!Awesome photos coming, I promise!! Hugs, Cindy
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Well, it seems like you all are having a great time and doing so much work. I just can't believe you have already been gone over a week. I have been lifting you up all week as I have read your blogged and sipped on mint tea and thought of you:) I'll be thinking of you all especially with the big events tomorrow. He is going to great things for His glory through you! Oh, and I love the recent pictures, too! Hope there are more soon! gros bisous!
Hope the dinner is going well for you guys! Thinking of you and all the serving you're doing right now:)
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