The Outreach

A little girl in the Rougier area we meet

Just a precious picture of this child peeking out the door at us right next to the Rougier Church

This one reminded me of an Ethiopian Child from pictures in the past


Your kids riding on the back of a truck in the Rougier area

A young girl looking out the window as we went door to door.


This little boy was so cute and after I took this pic and showed him it he smiled so big, then followed me around.

at the outreach we did relays and this was Abby denomstrating the crab walk

The boys doing the three legged race but the tie had just come undone. Their faces are priceless

This is how they cook their food in the Rougier area, in a pot over an open fire. You wanna try it?



The outreach today with the Rougier Youth (now I know how to spell it) was wonderful. The day was overcast which was a needful thing, that got us off to a good start right there. At 10 Am we met at their church in this depressing area where the Rougier Lumber Company is in. There are all these house that look like shanties so close together and garbage everywhere. They have electicity but most house have no running water. We had a short time of worship with the Rougier Youth then went out in teams togo door to door inviting the children for the afternoon. It was a wonderful experience for all of us. We wouldbe praying as the Gabonese didthe asking. There are soooo many children in this area and they are so cute. My team walked past the community wash area. They wash their clothes on this cement trough and they also wash their kids in a little bucket there, so yes I have a naked kid pic taking a bath, tastefully done. Serge's teamactually went into the house , sat with the families they were asking to join us and then they prayed with them. At noon we went back to our compound to eat lunch then headed back to Rougier for the outreach. We started with a 30 minute service where we sang 2 songs in French whichwe are very good at now. It was so exciting to do and so different to worship like this. Most ofyour kids want to try it back at Westgate --- somba ----- you'll have to ask them what it means and what you do when you say somba. at 2:30 we head out with the 30 kids that showed up at the church to go to the soccer field to have a time of testimony and then games. I felt like the Pied Piper.Kids were just coming out of their houses and joining us as we walked. Once at the field Paulette shared her testimony and then Gee ( a gabonese youth). Paulette's was translated forthem. Then the games began.We broke them up into 3 age groups, 3-6, 6-10, 10-16. There ended up being about 250 kids there. You should have seen the smiles on the kids faces and how well our teens did at leading the games we each planned for the different ages. It was incredible. The 6-10 year olds we had relay races with them and there were about 70 of them. We had them do a 3 legged race which just cracked us up at how they did it. We demonstrated everything for thembefore each race and they would still comeup with their unique way to do it. The 10-16 group did stuff around soccer nd the most difficult group was this huge 3-6 age. They aren't good at their own language yet alone us English speakers trying to convey what we mean. It was tough on Kristy yet they had a good time anyways. We headed back to the compound at 5 in the van that Tim has which seats 18 and then the back of Pastor John Jaques pickup truck, which fit 14. Looked like we were locals alright. I'll post a pic of what it looked like tomorrow. Don't worry about your kids they were safe , it was more dangerous for me as I climbed out the window of the van to take the picture of your kids in the bed of the truck. I'll do anything for a good pic.

Prayer for tomorrow is that those who came to the outreach will come to the service tomorrow. Also for Mike Whipple who will be preaching at it, for Mike Noward and Abby Nearhood who will be sharing her testimony. Serge, Tyler and Aafje will be going to a satalite church with Tim and Aafje will be sharing her testimony. After the service we will be having an African dinner with the Rougier youth and then a soccer game. There you have the days events. Steve's foot is all bruised but he got around pretty good today, Praise God. I think we are all well. No complaints today. O, you can pray for Kevin's right ear, he got water in it yesterday when we were swimming and it is bothering him. We are trying a few remeadies like a few drops of alcohol in it and peroxide which helped a little but your prayer can do so much more. Thanks, till tomorrow .... Jesus is Lord!