I have been so busy that I have not had time to write before now....
Had a birth and wedding in the family over the last couple of weeks.
I thought that I would share with you some pictures of the clothes sale that we had while I was in Vanuatu.
In February Michele wrote and let me know that the translation committee had decided to have a clothes sale to raise money for translation, and they wanted me to supply the clothes since I was coming. .
I know the need for clothes, but because it is so expensive to send them I rarely do it.
I would be allowed 4 -50lb bags on my international flight.
I collected clothes from varied places, and I want to thank those who so graciously gave.
I had men's, women's, and children's clothes in many sizes.
Flying between the islands my weight limit went way down so we packed it all in boxes and sent it on the boat. I had a hard time letting the clothes out of my sight after dragging them across the world. How I prayed they would not get lost or stolen. We ended up with about 7 boxes.
The sale was set for Thurs. and that morning we woke to fairly nice weather. That day was a break in a relentless week of rain.
Around noon the people began to gather on the hill.The women were dressed in their colorful best. People sat in groups laughing, talking and waiting. The scene reminded me of what I thought it probably looked like when Jesus taught and fed the 5000.
Had a birth and wedding in the family over the last couple of weeks.
I thought that I would share with you some pictures of the clothes sale that we had while I was in Vanuatu.
In February Michele wrote and let me know that the translation committee had decided to have a clothes sale to raise money for translation, and they wanted me to supply the clothes since I was coming. .
I know the need for clothes, but because it is so expensive to send them I rarely do it.
I would be allowed 4 -50lb bags on my international flight.
I collected clothes from varied places, and I want to thank those who so graciously gave.
I had men's, women's, and children's clothes in many sizes.
Flying between the islands my weight limit went way down so we packed it all in boxes and sent it on the boat. I had a hard time letting the clothes out of my sight after dragging them across the world. How I prayed they would not get lost or stolen. We ended up with about 7 boxes.
The sale was set for Thurs. and that morning we woke to fairly nice weather. That day was a break in a relentless week of rain.
Around noon the people began to gather on the hill.The women were dressed in their colorful best. People sat in groups laughing, talking and waiting. The scene reminded me of what I thought it probably looked like when Jesus taught and fed the 5000.
The women had cooked and we had fish stew, baked fish, lap lap, sugar cane, and a huge pot of cooked rice all for sale.
Joel could not decide if he liked what was going on or not. He had not been feeling good.
This is part of the translation team, Allen, Nettie, and David. They organized and ran the sale.
The people went through everything.
The women loved the baby clothes.
Some could not afford to buy, I can't tell you how hard it was for me not to just give clothes away.
In the end Erik took the time to read from the new translation and teach the people.They listened intently.
The whole situation truly blessed me. The people were very thankful and they raised around $280 for translation.
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