At Choygoria S.S. Kobid started off by having the girl, that didn’t have an answer last week to the question of “what she wanted to be when she grew up”, give her answer.. this girl has some little handicaps and comes from a very poor family…today’s additional children answered the question also with one future police in the group, one girl that wants to be a banker and otherwise the popular answer of doctor. On the way past our place to Chakrakhali we could see a lady with baby waiting at the gate, so we turned around and the rest of us waited while Lonnie took care of the need. Gentry fell asleep on the rickshaw van ride over, as he often does. so I took him right in to the house when we arrived in hopes that he would get a nice little nap in. Chaity’s family had been on a 3 day vacation to Cox’s Bazaar(a15 hr bus ride to the Bay of Bengal) so she shared treats from there with us.. peanuts that were a little bit sweet and had quite a hard coating and then little individual packs of prune mash😉 She gave us little gifts…sea shell key chain and little butterfly clamps for the girls’ hair, she showed us videos of them at the beach..taking horse rides, her brother and her singing a Bangla song about the sea, etc… She called husband her “Black Diamond” as he’d gotten quite dark in the sun🖤💎
We were there an hour… Their son Taritro was supposedly out and about letting the children know we were there. Dudjoy was the only one that showed up. His foot was all bandaged up with a plastic bag over it to keep it clean. So Lonnie told Nee-tie to load everything back up. Lonnie sent us home and he stayed to talk over some of the particulars of the room that CSI plans to rent from the for clinic in the building complex that this family is building on their road frontage.
Dipti came in to work today as she had taken her son Turjo in for his broken nose exam(in preparation for operation)yesterday. The girls were very happy to have her come in and wash up the breakfast and lunch dishes😊 that was a nice surprise for them ✨
Caribbean jerk chicken, fruit and homemade marshmallow crème for dip , fresh squeezed lemonade made from fruit of our tree☺️, and O’Henry bars for dessert
We got the word that Lewis’s cancelled coming at 3:00.
4:00 service
Both pastors that we supply with gospel literature showed up today. Lonnie’s message brought out how God supplies our needs and shared 2 special examples of answered prayer from his life.
Right after the “amen”, 2 ladies that Lonnie had told to wait till after the service came in asking for financial help for medical needs. It was neat that Shanto was friends with the lady’s father and somebody went fetching him so they could say “hi” again.. So Shanto’s stayed while Lonnie went over the 4 yr old prescription from a Dr in India with the pharmacist.. the lady’s family is in dire straights all the way around.. she is not able to work due to her lung problem, her husband died 4 years ago, her father/father in law? Has suffered a stroke …. So… their food supplies have been Very limited and they will soon have to sale their property, with nowhere to go, at the current direction of their life.. Shanto’s suggested that we could visit their home next Fri and maybe give some basic dry goods… rice, lentils, oil…
Shanto’s came in when we got back to the house. Popcorn, lemonade, fruit and marshmallow crème, and O’ Henry bars. They said they’d never had a fruit dip before but liked it😊 Shanto also mentioned that when it’s time for us to go back to America, it’s Gentry that’s gonna make him Really cry! He loves our little Bud and always holds him/walks with him at church and any other time we’re with them. The feeling is mutual and Gentry always wants to go to Shanto also🤎 Antoor wasn’t able to come this afternoon due to his ongoing back pain😔 so I sent a bag of the snacks I’d served for him.. they also have Shotti’s folks with them now too as their health has taken a turn for the worse…
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