Morning coffee with the social gathering at the long table is tradition and elemental to village life.
Technology seems out of place here with the encroaching jungle overgrowth just barely minding its boundaries, and the ever present threat of the wild elephants crashing through the trees and plantations of pineapple to forage and destroy.
Apparently I was the only one who wanted to see such wildlife. Of my prayers to see such were unappreciated.
Village life is about the people and their traditions. While having a keen eye for the "ill tempered sun" as I call it, they think in terms of crop health, as to the drought.
Global warming does not enter in to conversation here, but global love for Jesus Christ does.
Life is slow, with a rhythm ever cognizant of its past, and anxious of its future,
These are a traditional people posed on the precipice of change. Their question seems to be, " How to remain as purists to their culture, and theirs Faith as they progress.?
I believe that the strong ever present love they maintain for the Bible, and their subsequent adherence to It's Directives saves them on any and all concerns. After Jim taught the Evangelism Seminar and had them share their personal testimonies, these students realize
the power and influence of Gods Word.
Not a "new thing " but a revisit to an old tradition.
Jim is holding a water purifying system, given to the Bible School.
