August 2nd

Hello
Here is a recap of today:
We got up early this morning, at six o’clock. There was a baptismal service this morning at 6:30 down along the river. Four people were baptized and it was a great celebration. Singing and testimonies, it was a wonderful thing. We got some fresh bread from the bakery, and ate breakfast. Then we were off to church at nine. Church was a lot of fun: energetic worship, wonderful people, and I preached on Jonah. And our team sang and led a worship song. So it was a great morning.
We did hear that some of our work from yesterday had been recalled because one of the house owners said that we could not go through their property. So this afternoon, some men from the church moved about 50 meter of the work that we had done yesterday, because it had to be redone. But everything has been going well. The plumber was in and did some work so that we can press forward in getting running water to the church and the pastor’s house.
Ben and I helped lay the pastors floor in the living room. We spent about two hours exploring Enjoli seeing a logging mill and meeting lots of folks.
A highlight of the week so far- as we drive through the town in our open pickup truck the Africans like to point at us and take pictures of the tourists driving through their town. It’s been a really great time with the team and there has been good conversation. Tonight we learned about the translator’s new ministry called HIV Hope, which he started in Gabon where he works with people with HIV.
We had a very good day, with lots of great things going on. Everyone is healthy and doing well. If you could send that message on that would be great. Say hello to anyone that you should say hello to.
~a recording from Scott Wakeley