It's kind of fun shopping for stuff the folks in Nakaale need, although with all the school supplies, etc., it's looking like it might not all fit in the three suitcases/action packers I'll be allowed. Two years ago Bob Wright was in Billings, and said he'd gotten pretty much everything on Martha's list...except he was having some trouble finding Romano cheese. Grocery shopping is one my favorite things, though, so I'm enjoying picking out dried fruit and things. That said, it's a lot harder to find school books and things like that. If you know of a good site where a broad range of used textbooks are sold, please let me know! :) (Thankfully, my dad is going to help out with finding all the more technical stuff - cables and so on.)

The resumed Bible studies in the villages this week went well - Katie said that in Kopetatum, the village furthest away, the kids were still remembering much of the stuff they'd learned three months earlier, before the meningitis started.

Here's what Chrissie says about the kids' study on Thursday - something I can really relate to!

we sang, then practiced the memory verse--about fifty times. the words come too quickly for me to hear and repeat all the sounds. so i just chose one word: ngikingom, seeds. all the kids could say the verse by the end. joyce then explained the parable of the four soils, and we ended with singing and dancing. it didn't even rain on us, though the skies looked threatening.

I'm hoping to buy a digital camera with audio/video so you can see movies when I come back...