My Fair Lady Tea

One of the local Assembly of God churches, International Christian Assembly (ICA), sponsored its first Women’s International Network (WIN) event.  There were ladies in attendance from all parts of the world, including Britain, Australia, New Zealand, India, America, and many African nations.

          

All ladies were encouraged to wear outfits common to their home country and to participate in a style show.

We were treated to a demonstration of how to tie African headdresses.

Tea and treats were served while we were ministered to in song.  The testimony of a former Muslim concluded the afternoon event.

What a great time we had sharing food, fellowship, and faith!

Crashing Dilemma

I am recovering from the crash of my laptop hard drive. The first technician I took it to confirmed that the mother board was good but that the hard drive was gone – along with ALL of my data. Ugh! As I explored HP’s website, I was given hope that my model might fall under an extended warranty for a problem such as this.  Of course, that failed to be the case.  Not giving up hope, I took the damaged hard drive to another technician who was recommended to me, and, fortunately, he was able to restore much of my data.  Praise the Lord, and thank you, Godfrey!

The most important data that could not be recovered was my Outlook information.  That was huge, since I have come to use my computer as my portable filing system and office.  I had an old data file from a year ago on my backup drive, so most of what is missing is the past year’s worth of information and correspondence.

If any of you have matters that I am supposed to be dealing with and am not, PLEASE remind me.  If you sent me some hilarious email, PLEASE re-send it, especially the one about Texas wives.  If you sent something truly inspirational, I would like to be inspired all over again, PLEASE.  Any updates to emails or addresses in the past year, I need, so PLEASE send. 

I think you catch my drift.  I want to stay connected, so I need for you to send me what I lost. 

Lesson learned: backup Outlook file to external drive as regularly as you do photos and documents.

Some Random Shots from Today

Today we preached at Chiseka A/G in the area of Bunda outside of Lilongwe.  Our host pastors were Abusa and Mai Sillia.  We took with us two students from Assemblies of God School of Theology, Kenneth and Bonface.  Kenneth served as Gaylord’s interpreter.  We trust that this was his first of many services with us.

Pastor Sillia showed me ground nuts (peanuts) from his garden.  He and his church sent us home with fresh pumpkins and sweet potatoes.  What a blessing!

And, as always, there were beautiful faces and smiles and sights in abundance.

Another great day of ministry in Malawi!