cool aid acid test

ive been trying to upload some pictures but i fear it wont cope. we had a power cut at the office today and so there was no fans and no lights. this basically meant i was sweating in the dark. thankyou for you letters i had more than the smiths!
i was wide awake this morning at 5 am. there was a rat in the ceiling above my bed that was screaming and running around, so with a torch in one hand and a can of mossie repelant in the other i was armed and ready.
shadow (the cat) is proving to be a good rodent killer. i saw him kill and eat a mouse the other day. it sounds cool but it was actually quite disturbing. he pretty much swallowed the thing whole but stopped to crunch on its skull, which i recon you could hear a few streets away.

Bob and Mary are coming on tuesday for a month from new zealand. to take some of the preaching burden from steve and allow some time for language study. which will be good. they are english and im told Bob had led several churches in england so im keen to spend some time with him. it should be a good time.

i realised i havent told you anything about the country. probably because i havent seen much of it. some of the ladies in the church took the long ride to the beach for a few days this week and came back fully refreshed. im hoping to get down there for a few days before christmas.

im still not sleeping well, because of rats and other things, so i seem to be plagued with a never ending fatigue which has crippled me physically to the point of complete exhaustion. despite not actually being too busy.

i never thought id say it and so soon but i do miss everyone in england. however, i do feel like this is my 'cool aid acid test' it has helped me to realise that my relationship with god was heavily based on my relationships with my friends and the church. which is not altogether a bad thing but im learning to be more reliant in god alone and build something lasting. so far it has been a really positive experience.

we went kite flying on sunday afternoon down by independance monument (the only open space in the city centre big enough to pursue this pastime) it was good. although we saw some dilomat drive by with a police escort one of the police men asked glynn if he could have one of his children. this was altogether quite an upsetting experience for me more than anyone. the kids just shrug it off.

midge has the second part of a painful root canal operation today so i must rush home and stay with the boys when they go to the dentist.

long but not lost.
Ben.