“If we don’t venture outside our comfort zones, trusting that the stranger God has brought into our lives has something for us, we will never even know what we’re missing.”
---Ruth Haley Barton, Life Together in Christ
Some of our thoughtful neighbors came to the house yesterday afternoon to ask us if we had heard the rumors that COVID-19 had reached the Solomon Islands. So, we shot off a quick email to our director who confirmed the rumor. As of today, there is one confirmed case of the virus, a student who just returned from the Philippines, and he is in quarantine. Currently, no imminent lockdown is planned. We have plenty of supplies right now, and the plan for now is to continue to live in Marulaon Village and go ahead with the translation work here.
This friend, Volela, isn’t afraid to ask us questions or give us difficult information. I’m so thankful for her and her sweet family. Years ago, when we had only recently arrived, she and her husband came and talked to us with concerns about why Katherine, who was a toddler, might be running a fever. I had been holding children of someone who was known to practice sorcery, and they were afraid that I had offended the family. That was a hard thing to tell an outsider. We’re grateful for the community that God has provided for us here.
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Thank you for being so faithful to blog! I love the glimpse into your everyday life. P. S. I remember the occasion of village concern that a hex may have been put on K.
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