We had a great trip, visiting the kids in the orphanage, looking for a house to rent...and going to Balan. This was just another chapter in our "Journey to Balan." After worshiping with them on Sunday and distributing rice and beans on Tuesday, we are ready to be there full time. It was Jennifer's first time to Balan; I had been there twice on a trip in December '07, also for church and the feeding program.
A resident of Balan
We believe God has a plan for Balan, it is going to be such a blessing to be in the middle of it all, watching the people respond to His calling and purpose for the village.
Pray for their water situation. In a country where people run the hose for hours at a time without even thinking about it, water may seem like a strange thing to pray for. In Balan, even dirty water is scarce, and clean water is unheard of. In the following months we will be working to reverse that. Pray we find an abundant clean water source; I wish we could just strike a rock with a staff.
More to come about our trip later...
