This week we were able to finish the water project in Nggea. Below are some pictures with explanations.
This coming week we are going to install a water system for one of our tribal villages. A few months back Esther and I were able to visit one of the nearby Da'a villages called Nggea. (I wrote a short post about it and posted some pictures, scroll down to read). It's located just up in the mountains surrounding Palu, and although it's only a 7 minute helicopter trip, many of the people there have never set foot in the city. Our project will help give the people of Nggea easy access to clean water and also help strengthen the relationship between our team and the locals.
A few days ago we put the water tanks and the other supplies for the project on a truck and sent it as far up the mountain as the road goes. From there the helicopter airlifted it all into the village. (I was invited along to take pictures) Kids Ariel, Samson and Aisa have been off school for the last three or four weeks. They have enjoyed spending lots of time playing with their friends, and even helping mom and dad with various projects around the house. They are all excited about the near arrival of Anna our Norwegian school helper. Anna will live with us for the next 6 months (possibly a year if she enjoys it) with the aim of helping Esther with home schooling. Esther and I
Esther has started her final stage of CLA (Culture Language Acquisition), and if all goes according to plan she'll be finished with her language learning by Christmas. Her health is still not as we would desire, but she's learning to live with the limitations it puts on her. The pain in her joints is quite intense most mornings, and throughout the day if she's done any form of physical activity. There's no hiding that the last few years have been very difficult for Esther, and inability to function at a 100% continues to be a source of discouragement. However, we try to see it as an opportunity to lean on God and to be formed by him. "Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing." - James 1:3-4 I, Daniel, have been involved in quite a few different things since we got back. I suppose my main "job" is to help our newer families with their CLA. I feel privileged to be helping such a wonderful group of people, who have patiently allowed me to learn how to function in this role through making plenty of mistakes. We have been implementing a "new" way of studying texts and analysing them to help us become more natural speakers in the Indonesian language. It's exciting to see how it's helping, although it's also caused us to make some adjustments in how we go about our studies. Esther and I have also been quite heavily involved in the local church, through both teaching and working with the youth. Currently we're helping the team open up a dorm here in town to allow for more school students from the more remote villages. It is very exciting as it gives us a unique opportunity to have an influence in their lives, and teach them about the wonderful truth of freedom in Christ. Reaching the second generation has always been the most difficult part of any church plant. Our aim and our desire is to buy land and build a dorm that can suit the needs of the children from a number of different people groups where we currently have tribal church plants. This had been the desire of the church for a number of years. It's a huge project, far beyond the means of the church. So if anyone would like to be involved, please get in touch. |
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