Sept 14, 10
Dear family & friends,

The Lassin group is coming to grips with the new setting and doing pretty well. We all have decided to stay; perhaps the purchase of a real, indoor toilet had something to do with it. The cement is curing even as I write.
Actually, I'm sure that God worked it out in a variety of ways. There was an email from Kim's pastor brother that encouraged her greatly. Adela and Adelin have had their adjusting to do too. Adi' has been losing weight and has not taken easily to the food available here. He is a pretty good cook and has been able to fill his belly and be happy lately. He is a big help too. Yesterday, we carried 3 chalk boards to the school together; I painted them with special paint Sunday. Now each classroom has a board.

The school is growing; class 1 has 17, class 2 has 19, class 3 & 4 have 20, class 5 has 17 or 18.
Of these, at least 4 are from our Muslim neighbors.

My project- Naphtali and I have recorded the sound track for 1/3 of lesson one of the New Beginnings series. I have used an AT-2020 mike (thanks Brandon Ruiz), Audacity 1.3 beta sound recording software (really nice, thanks Calvin Hartman), and the Corel Video Studio Pro X3 video production software. I am so excited- Bible lessons in the Nooni language! Also, Gregory begins his evangelism training tonight.

Adventures- Last Friday, I took Divine, Kim, and Jessica, and our land lady'
s daughter to Kumbo for a routine trip for supplies. We loaded the little red Toyota, chalk boards atop, and headed home after a long day of shopping, internetting, and international calling. On the way home, about 7 km from Kumbo, the little car took a break. No coaxing or threatening helped. God provided a way out. I had the phone number of a good auto repairman in my cell phone. He arrived by taxi, diagnosed the problem as a bad ignition condenser, got us a ride to a hotel, and arrived Sabbath morning by 11 AM to complete the job. The little red car purred over the hills again. Next time, I'll pack spare food and water. Glad for the good charge on the phones.

Are we in Good Hands? You betcha. Do we still need your prayers? Yup!
Thanks!

Thanks for the SMS notes. We love them.

One last thing, I still have not heard from Christina. Babi, can you help?
Thanks for your help Dad & Mom. Way to go Eric- clep! JB glad ur enjoying teaching! GP&JP, you guys! Smith group- greetings. Calvin, tnx 4 note.

Steve & Carol