Bible studies and sacrifices.....

Recently there have been many raids in the area, not our close area but in villages around here. With the culture here, it demands that something be done by the village elders. So on Bible study day at one village instead of going to the study, elders from all the villages within walking distance (a days walk) came for a sacrifice of a bull.

Pastor Tricarico meets with the men under a huge tree in the middle of the area with about 6 small villages around it. That day not one man was there waiting, not even the drunk ones waiting to argue. They were all of in the distance chanting and dancing and telling stories and making speeches and smearing themselves with all the burnt insides of the bull. Some woman was running around with the head of the bull on a platter on her head. Pastor said it was very gross!!!

The next week when the Pastors went out for Bible study they found a few men there under the tree. When they asked about the raiding, the village men replied not to worry they took care of it with the bull sacrifice. These ones can be so hard to change, the culture is so important and also the thoughts of fresh meat, as this is the only time you would kill and eat the precious cattle. All are sure that there will be not more raids on their villages, so it is safe for them to raid our compound now!!!!!

Saturday night, someone cut the fence in the far corner of the main compound and tried to dig out the posts of the solar panel that is there for the water pump. Fortunately for us the posts have been put in with several feet of concrete to hold it in the soft dirt. There was a large hole cut in the chain link fence and many questions to the guards who were on the night. Every one of them said that it was raining so they could not hear anyone or see any one. That it was a good night for a raid!!!! The fence was repaired and a guard has to sleep 3 feet from the solar panel now. Sorry for him!!!!

Craig and Bob and the women from the compound went to visit in the village on Sunday. Craig said before he went that there would be nothing to do out in the village. He was wrong!!! He and Bob got in to a corn cobb fight with the village boys, and then tried to teach them how to play baseball. We even have pictures from Ed of the fight. Boys will be boys!!!, everywhere you go!!!!!

Have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING everyone!!!!!!!!!!!