God is in their faces.....

Dear Friends,

I am glad to report that Day One of the training was a huge success! Here are the stats....we expected 60 and 90 teachers came, we fitted 180 pairs of glasses (Tim fitted glasses for a lady who was 90 years old and only needed a simple magnification of 3.00. There are many of us who need more at half her age!), and we fed lunch to 150 people (We had only planned for 60 so this might be a loaves and fishes moment here, but really, the thanks goes to Eric, our wonderful chef, who made food appear when there was none. We don't know where the extra people came from, but I am sure they had a good meal!)

 Cultures and traditions are different here. The streets are filled with sounds and sights that are very foreign for me. Women walk down the sidewalk with baskets of peanuts in the shell on their heads! Motor scooters are the primary means of transportation and there do not seem to be any laws to govern traffic. There are no traffic lights, no rhyme or reason to how you move through the congestion, but there is a beauty here all the same. God is present in the faces that I see. I feel him here, finding ways to care for his people. This is a place recovering from devastation, and there has been terrific progress. There are miles to go, but I know that you, at St. Peter's, are making a difference. I felt it today in the workshops. Our presence here is important and you are helping us to move forward and to do the very best work we know how to do.

Thank you.

Jaq and the Team