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Home Sweet Home :)

 
     It truly is great to be home. The trip home was a little longer, more rushed and chaotic then usual, but that only made walking through those doors even sweeter. And it's mainly the little things, like having a place where my clothes belong, a place to relax after being out and about, and the security and peace of knowing I'm not leaving anytime soon. Besides Africa, I've never lived anywhere for more than three years. We have lived in this house ( I posted a picture for those of you who might curious as to what our house looks like) for a total of five years, though not five consecutive years. 
 













     I have also enjoyed getting back in the kitchen and cooking from scratch. I noticed how in the States it would take only half the time it takes here to prepare a meal. But I love cooking here so much more! So, again, to give you look into my life, this is my somewhat small but wonderful kitchen. 
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Until the library is set up, this is where I spend a lot of each day. And yes, I cleaned it before I took the picture. My mother would have my neck if I hadn't haha :). No, not really :p. 

 I would just look like this :


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     Today, being the second Sunday after arriving home, I resumed teaching the children's class at Kisongo. At the start of the year, we began with the Old Testament and by the time I left in May I was able to complete all 15 lessons.
 So, this Sunday, we started in Matthew and talked about the Savior's birth. The Kisongo building only has two classrooms, one for the ladies and one for the children. The kids' ages range from about 13 to 2. Most of the questions are answered by the older ones while the younger ones mainly enjoy the coloring sheets.
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Dust and Children's class Sept. 28th 2013 012.JPGMy wonderful translator, Happiness









  Buddies! David, Benson, and Elijah.






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 Little Aneth coloring :)  






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Elizabeth





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 And the whole class:








This is a picture of the land in front of the church building. It isn't hard to notice that it hasn't rained much since we've been gone. It's so dusty, but that's Kisongo for you!














     Since I have been home, I've been in contact with several congregations of the Lord's church. Hopefully, they will decide to donate monthly. There are still many plans to make concerning where this library will be and what exactly needs to be done to ensure a future where the library can be self- supporting but we've getting it done! So many great people have volunteered to help with this work. I would like to shout out a big "thank you!" to the individuals and social clubs at Faulkner who are fundraising in several different ways. Please pray that they are highly successful!


Until Next Time,

                            Abigail Gee   

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