A Public Holiday

Since it was a public holiday, we spent the day at the orphanage playing with the kids. We brought 3 laptops there on battery power and they were thrilled to learn the mouse and keyboard with the games that Scott has on the computers for them. They had an absolute blast. I spoke to Regan and Elijah for over an hour about the internet. They had never heard of Google, wikipedia, or what was possible on the internet. They are both juniors in high school. I'm especially happy for Elijah since he had to change schools last year and his new school doesn't teach biology- his favorite subject- and he doesn't have a book. I told him about what was possible for him to study with Google and he was so incredibly thankful. It was a great day! When we had to leave because the batteries were dead and it was getting dark, it was difficult to leave! We can't wait to do more tomorrow.
Please pray that they get the internet installed tomorrow and that the tables are finished. The carpenter got malaria and tried to get a replacement for us today but it didn't work out. The red tape for the internet installation is huge as well. I will consider it a miracle if it is installed tomorrow! Ken is doing everything he can but we are definitely not in the US. There are lots of jokes about "Africa time ". : ).
Scott is on the mend but please continue to pray for everyone's health. Some of the girls have colds but are holding up well.
What Chris has done here is remarkable. Everyone adores him - childen and adults alike. They call him Uncle Chris! The donations he has raised have completely changed what Ken has been able to do for the children. The older boys talk about it everyday. Chris' goal is to get every child sponsored by the end of the summer. 70 of the 88 children have bios on his site with their picture, but there are now 88 children. Maggie is working on interviewing each new child with a translator and entering all of this into the computer. She will begin photographing them tomorrow. Hopefully, Chris can have them all added by the end of June. God is good!

Jeremiah 29:11. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, a plan to prosper you and not to harm you.

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