Tuesday Blog

This morning we left Kara for Kante’ to see Pastor Ndjombe and begin the eye glass clinics. The trip is about 1 hour to the North of Togo up into the “Bush Country”. We began the clinic around 11 AM and ran it straight through till 6:30 tonight. We estimate that we saw around 85 people who went through the eye glass clinic and subsequently heard the Gospel. Jonathan estimates that there were some 40 Lambas who prayed the prayer of Salvation. There were even 20 or so that were Muslim that prayed for Salvation.

During the day as the eye glass clinic was occurring Jeff Knowles and Jeff Gravley went with Pastor Ndjombe to visit one of his Mission Churches in the bush. The visit consisted of visiting an outlying village then walking about a mile and a half further into the bush (their word for the jungle). There we saw one of Ndjombe’s 8 mission churches…this one the most recent in the outlying areas. We met the pastor of the church; a young man named Emanuel. The church was an absolute blessing in that it was a tiny grass hut made entirely of timber and thatched walls and roof made purely from love and hard work.

After visiting this church we walked back to find about 50 villagers anxiously waiting for us. We shared the gospel with them and then Jeff Knowles presented them with a new soccer ball. The kids were overjoyed with their new toy. From there we went with them to their soccer field to play soccer with the kids….or should I say they played soccer while both Jeff’s eventually went to the sideline to watch.

Back at the eye glass clinic many people were being seen and many converts were being made. Seems the highlight of the day was when Randy was giving a man his glasses and during the man’s excitement he gave Randy a kiss on the check. I just wish Jonathan would have been shooting video but we’ll just have to imagine the look on Randy’s face.

The day went well but everyone is extremely tired from the events. We came back to the SIL center to find pizza and salad waiting for us. One of the issues we face while here at the SIL Center is constant power outages….thus….no air conditioner. Oh well….luckily it is somewhat cool at night so not too bad. Mosquitoes are really noticeable this year so extra precaution is being taken. We are sleeping under Mosquito nets at night.

Skype is the biggest surprise during our trip this year. Each one of us is getting to talk to our families every night via Skype…..some of us are even getting to have video conferences. In Africa…even in a 3rd world country….we are still able to get internet access and communicate; what a wonderful thing.

We miss all of you and appreciate your thoughts and prayers. Things are going as planned and His work is being done.

Blessings to you all

The Togo Team