Good Evening Everyone,Many connections are happening here in Tomobe between the readers, the church members, and Phyllis and myself. I`d like to take a moment to highlight Phyllis and one of her readers. Phyllis has been doing a bang up job with her readers, financial record keeping, and all other activities we participate in. Here she is with one of her readers, Mr. Sagusa. He is a retired high school teacher. He`s married and has two grown children. Mr. Sagusa is very anxious to increase his English conversation abilities. Here, on his first visit, Mr. Sagusa brought Phyllis some fruit (picture below) which is similar to apricots. You have to peel the skin off this fruit before eating it. During their conversation, Mr. Sagusa told Phyllis he is taking pottery classes. This has become his hobby. I think Mr. Sagusa was very excited to tell Phyllis this little information about his life. Phyllis says Mr. Sagusa reads English very well, but needs to grow in his daily English conversation skills.
Look at the little bag Mr. Sagusa brought the fruit in. As I watched the interraction between Phyllis and her reader, I was very proud to see how patient and understanding she was with him and all her readers. Guess what? I have a secret about Phyllis! If you want to know what the secret is, find me at church one day and I`ll spill the beans! Have a wonderful night as I know we`lll sleep great tonight after two days of walking around and doing some terrific sightseeing! We`ll make sure to share the pictures with you all later. Tomorrow is Saturday and we`re having our Independence Party. Phyllis has planned it all out wonderfully. I will do another blog on our upcoming party later.
Our time is running short here and although we`re ready to go home, we`re thinking about our readers. Some are asking wonderful questions about God and the bible. Some are just getting more familiar with the idea of trying to practice English. Some are seeing God through our actions, but have a hard time believing there`s only one God. We don`t force that understanding on them. We`re letting God take that on.
Good Night,
Phyllis and Tommie
3 comments:
Good Evening Ladies,
I hope you sleep well after your busy week. It sounds like the weekend will be full too; yet exciting for all of you. Mom I hope your party ideas are successful and the readers enjoy themselves. This is an exciting time for everyone involved. See you soon.
The Roath's = )
Hi Tommie and Phyllis, You all are doing fantastic work for the Lord. The pictures and stories are just so beautiful, and in detail. Thank you so much for sharing with us back home, this beautiful work that you both are doing. May you have much continued blessings in blessing these beautiful people in sharing God's word. We miss you! Love ya, Joni
I'm so glad you learned how to use your camera, really enjoying the pics and the blog. (BLOG- Bunch of Letters from Old Girls) LOL Y'all are doing such a wonderful job. I know your readers will remember you both for years to come and I pray God will bless them. You are both such wonderful examples of Christians to them and us.
Miss ya, (the U.S. just hasn't been the same since you left.)
Brenda
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