Wednesday, September 30, 2009

more pix

Fresh Fish
Family Preaching upline, Dad and DJ, Mom and Kadence

Aberdeen Beach, Fishermen pulling in net, others mending nets and boat.


Lakka Beach, this beach is a few minutes walk from our house. We enjoy swimming and relaxing. Also makes for great morning walks. The villagers are getting used to seeing us and recognize us as Jehovah's Witnesses.
Today while riding bikes with the kids I stopped to visit with some women cooking near the edge of a side road. We had a good conversation and they asked if they could study..... it was arranged for them to come to our place on Weds. afternoon.
One of the women has a great deal of bible knowledge, she has studied in Freetown in the past. She is excited to be able to resume her study.
Another study started recently told me of her experience. She started studying years ago while living with her father in Freetown, her parents were divorced, father remarried. Her parents are Muslim and did not want her to become Christian. Her father forbid her to go to Sunday meetings and deprived her of food. She stopped going on Sunday but continued to attend the Thursday night meetings. She would visit her mom after the meeting and eat with her. Her stepmother found out and told the father, when she arrived home he beat her badly, she had to leave the home. She went to Liberia, war started and she had a hard time moving from village to village. She got married and had two children, her husband was not good to her and beat her, she had to leave him and went to Guinea until the war settled. She had heard that both her parents were killed during the war, she made her way back to Freetown, mostly by foot. When she finally arrived she learned that her mom was still alive! She was so Happy. She remarried a nice young man and they now have a small daughter. She was so excited when Jehovah's Witnesses called on her. She had wanted to study again but had not had contact in years. She started attending meetings right away, however after her second Sunday meeting she has gotten severe opposition from her husbands family and her husbands church. She is trying to be patient and to show that she will continue to be a good wife and mother while serving Jehovah and going to meetings. Her husband is really nice and we have had some really good conversations, he wants to work things out peacably with his family. He has agreed that she can go to Tuesday night Meetings but asks that she wait a bit before attending Sunday. This Tuesday she came and greatly enjoyed the meeting and visiting with the friends.

Main road in Lumley, suburb of Freetown. Flash flooding of the road two weeks ago. Rainy season is over, but Sept and Oct are known for fast rains. It is very much like turning on a faucet, one minute heavy,heavy rain, the next minute gone, sky bright blue and clear again..... it is so amazing!



1 comment:

Renee said...

Thank-you, your blog is inspiring! I love seeing your precious family and the love you show to one another and your neighbors...Looking forward to more! Love you, Renee, Jer, and Bryan