The Rickles' Blog from Tanzania

Almost Time to Go

2010-08-04T15:39:00.000-07:00

On Monday, August 2nd, we arose early preparing to travel into town to carry Me-Maw to the airport. She was happy but sad to go. She was anxious to see Paw-Paw Warren. She departed at 7:30 am and we left to the RCC. Again, on arriving, within minutes, the children came running and surrounded us. We are beginning to make a permanent bond with them. Kevin and Geoffrey discussed with the plumber, Willie, the best way to control the massive flow of water. Plans were made at the house, more materials have arrived, preparing to pour concrete beams around the tops of the walls. Had some unique critter experiences that only showed up after we had preached the Gospel, only confirming even more that we are making a difference in the spiritual realm. It is a little after 3 pm and we head to Mikumi National Park. The Masanjus are anxious to show us the large animals of their country. After a couple of tries, we finally found a place of rest and turned in for the night.

Tuesday morning, we were served a fresh, hot breakfast at the Genesis Hotel (aka "Snake Park"). We loaded into the vehicle where we rode in a Land Rover with an open top, making the experience extra memorable. One of the first things that we saw was the male lion which was a rare find. However, we had prayed that we would see him. Zebra, elephants, wilderbeasts, warthogs, giraffes, etc all met us and posed for some great pictures. It was great to see God's creation in such splendor and detail! We headed back to the RCC which is a halfway point between where we were and Dar es Salaam where Geoffrey lives.

Life here is much different: farmland, and people walking for miles in places that seem like nowhere. Today in arriving at the Center, it was bittersweet, because of having to say goodbye. Tomorrow we will be unable to travel back due to others things that we will have to do before leaving Thursday morning. We arrived to the water tank sitting on top of the natural mound of dirt. The ditch of the water line going from the tank to the well (220 feet) and everything was in place. Kevin watched as Willie put the final piping to control water flow into a 1" pipe that extends 15 feet from the main stand pipe. All the workers laughed with amazement as the water flowing from the 4" pipe was reduced to the 1" pipe creating a permanent, strong stream of clean, cool water. God gave us His best today! The children came and for the first time, language barriers were seemingly broken as they showed us their games while the mothers participated. We took our last deep breathes and told our goodbyes and left for the Masanjus, arriving at 10 pm.

Everyone is tired and ready for a good nights sleep. Never give up on your dreams or your vision because with God all things are possible! Signing off!

Kevin and the Crew

The Water Continues to Flow!!

2010-08-02T17:55:00.000-07:00

God is great, God is good, thank Him today for all your great food! We laughed today as we pretended to look for the next exit with CrackerBarrell, Waffle House, or even Burger King. Burger King here would compare to our Outback Staekhouse if it existed; what a luxury to have! However, we eat in abundance. Food is prepared twice a day, but often we are eating out of suit cases or convenient stores. Thank God for your meal today! We pass thousands that are without.
The Living Water comtinues to pour out heavily from the depths of God's earth. Even as I pen these words, I can not even describe our feelings and emotions of what we are partaking of. This doesn't just happen here! The history of this place is dry and barren land for centuries. Many of you have been praying and believing God for months that when we began to drill, God would shorten the depth of reaching the water and give us an abundance of it. Well, His plans were greater as you have read! We drilled further than expected, 270 feet! The miracle is, God has not only brought the source of water closer to the surface, He has burst it out of the ground! A 4" pipe, 270 ft deep, and the water runs a continuous boil of 1 to 2" above the 4" pipe. We were told at 1st this was normal because of the air injected into the ground, although the drill team seemed puzzled at the amount of water pressure coming out. 1st day, we were told "This is normal"; 2nd day, "Something's different"; and the 3rd day, "What is happening"! Praise God!! We continued to purchase a very nice generator (also used for sound system), submursible water pump, and a large 2000 liter water tank today. Their theory was that when they switched on the pump and it ran for a while, the water would go away! Guess what? It did not! Within seconds, it burst back out of the ground! We hit the main underground river - "The River of Life" for this place. The water can't be any cleaner than this - natural, clear, running water straight from Emmanuel's veins! We will use the pump and tank to irrigate gardens, send pressure to the house, and future classrooms and restrooms/bathhouse. The water for drinking will flow 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from a small pipe at the base of the well for anyone to fetch water to drink - cool, cool, clear water. They use the term "ice water"! So there is not only clean water, but cool, clean water.
The church is finished! We held our 1st service today and many came! It was indescribable! They did not want to leave! Everyone was laughing and dancing. Now, we are 3/4 finished with the house. By Wednesday, it should be complete.
We love and miss you all! God Bless!
The Crew

Our Trip Continues

2010-07-29T21:09:00.001-07:00

Greetings from Tanzania! All is well! Today at the R.C.C. sight, the framing for the roof of the church reached it's half-way point. We go tomorrow to pick up the sheet metal. If things continue, as they are, our Saturday crusade will be held in the new church. At the house, the masons have layed block up 85% of all walls. There is such peace all around there. Down at the well, for over a day and a half, water is pouring out of the pipe! To remove any of the settlements from drilling, they placed a temporary cap over the pipe, drilled a 1" hold which allows the water to clear itself. There is a continuous stream! The water is so clear and cool. We are amazed that John, the caretaker, seeing the water continue to run, placed a small garden near the well and was watering the garden when we arrived to prevent wasting the water.
It had been dry for so long, this is probably the first true garden that has ever been on this property for a long period of time. It was an example to all of us that the well was already bringing life in a dry area. The people are so happy!

Sherry and Ashley conversed with and loved on the ladies and their children that had worked so hard to bring water when they were drilling the well. They gave out chewing gum and jumpropes to the kids. Me-Maw, Kevin's grandmother continues to do very well and is so full of joy to be here despite the circumstances she faces at home with her husband, Kevin's PawPaw. She has helped them wash clothes, cook and go to the market; she is quickly becoming African.

Continue to pray for Paw Paw Warren . We know that the enemy has tried to spoil the woris of the Lord, but by the power of Jesus Christ, the enemy is being defeated. We have witnessed the true power of Christ. There is such peace and joy in the middle of this storm. We believe Me-Maw is coming back greater than when she came. Our travels continue to be long, and often tiresome, but your prayers and all of your support has kept us renewed day by day. There are too mamny things to share concerning the powerful testimonies of God. We love you and we thank you and look forward to sharing again soon. God Bless--

The R. C. C. Crew

Day Seven: WATER IS FLOWING

2010-07-28T19:49:00.000-07:00

The water is flowing!!Today we chose to stay in Dar es Salaam to look at water pumps. We continued to get calls from the R.C.C. that the water was flowing and it was sweeter than ever. We were told by the man who drilled the well that something was special about this place, because in his nine years of drilling wells, this is the sweetest (best and cleanest) water that he has ever seen! He said it tasted like Kilimanjaro water! We are looking for a pump to retrieve water on a permament basis. Tomorrow, the man over the drilling is supposed to take us to find our best options (as there are many options). But we are needing a pump to fit our budget as well as provide water for several years. Please be praying for favor.

MeMaw and Ashley finally experienced the market place that contained all of the arts and crafts. We are amazed at their talent and excellent work. Our day ended traveling to a church upon a mountaintop that Kevin refers to as "Mount Sinai" because Ricky, Kevin and Sherry experience such a presence of God there last year. Kevin gave a quick but "on time" word about dry bones that was received as confirmation by the people because they had just heard this in the form of instruction from someone else. Ashley led worship and set the atmosphere for Sherry to minister on "Blessings or Cursings: It's a Choice". The people received the Word and celebrated in dance! They then heard from MeMaw and honored her by giving her gifts. The assistant pastor, Bahati, invited us to her home after service. As we were leaving the service, Kevin and Sherry found a lady that they have been looking for since arriving in Africa. Kevin had been approached by someone in America, who had driven to his job the day before we left and explained to Keving that God had shown him a vision of a lady. He described what this lady would be wearing and said that she was facing a financial wall in her life. He gave Kevin a love offering from God to give to this lady when we located her. And at this moment, we were standing before her with the Holy Spirit acknowledging to both Kevin and Sherry at different times that this was the lady! Even Geoffrey said that there was something special about this lady. We had Geoffrey explain to her in detail what was taking place and that God has seen her troubles from a distant land. She wept and smiled and thanked God! Later, we discovered that many who knew of her circumstances were very excited for her.

Our journey to the pastor's home was an experience in itself: washed out roads, and broken cubbards made it impossible to get to it by vehicle. So, we continued by foot, passing a narrow concrete bridge to get to the home, but once we entered, we found peace, rest, and a wonderful m eal. The time at this writing is now 10 past midnight. We are going to bed to rest for another exciting adventure when we wake.

Day Six-NEW THINGS

2010-07-28T19:43:00.000-07:00

Greetings from Tanzania! Today was an awesome day! Many things happened for the first time. MeMaw stayed behind and showed Agnes how to cook potatoes in the oven. The rest of us went to Mlandezi. We arrived to the children playing under the trees while their mothers carried water down to where the well was being drilled. Small gifts that were sent from home were given out to the children (box cars, chewing gum, bubbles). They played for hours! All of the support columns for the church were set and we travelled back to a local village to purchase all of the framing materials for the church roof.

As for Sherry and Ashley, the way we all traveled into a small room to pay for the materials was an experience! The cornerstone was set for the walls and by the end of the day, the walls were waist high. As for the well, the plastic sleeve was inserted into the bored hole, 270 feet and small marble stone was placed around pipe. All of the machinery was removed from sight; now, we have a 4" pipe sticking out of the ground, awaiting to be purged and tested (set for tomorrow). Everything is so surreal. Being here to us is indescribable. We go tomorrow to try and find the proper pump for the well. Please pray for us as we make these decisions as these are God's people and this is His land. We want to do His will. We are excited to go to a church Wednesday that Kevin, Sherry and Ricky visited last year to share the Good News. Thank you for your prayers and support!

God Bless!

Day Five-WATER

2010-07-28T19:37:00.000-07:00

It's Monday and plans have changed. We have decided to postpone our trip to Mikumi because things are moving quickly at the center. Geofrey and Kevin met the builder while the ladies stayed behind and visited the neighbor and the kids in the neighborhood.

We purchased the columns/woodposts for the church. The foundation of the church was also dug today! History of this area has been changed !!. Now we have established a place that God will continually meet His people. The well has reached its depth-90 meters/270 feet. So many people were appearing from nowhere. The children were laughing and pointing as the well was being drilled. Everyone was so excited!! Women and men of all ages carried large quantities of water from long distances to place in a tank for the use of drilling. Sadly, this muddy water was also their drinking water. Now we are waiting for tomorrow when they will begin purging the well to test its capacity and cleanness.
Today, 7/26/ 2010, we have reached WATER! Praise God! As for the house, they continue working very hard to finish. Kevin and Geoffrey arrived back home around 10 pm; it was a long day. Continue to pray for us because now we are reaching the people. Please pray that God will give us wisdom and understanding on how to minister to them. These are God's children and He has trusted us with them.

Kevin

DAY FOUR

2010-07-25T14:33:00.000-07:00

We are just getting back at 8 pm. Today was awesome! Kevin and Sherry preached at the first church and we were able to pray over all of them. We gave them gifts for the children. The anointing was so strong that Geoffrey had a hard time translating for Kevin. Ashley led us in worship. We went to a high school called Breakthrough High School. Ashley and Kevin spoke. Ashley preached and did an altar call; about 30 kids came down. She handed out red rag strings to remind them of the blood of Christ. We prayed over them and left about 5 pm. We enjoyed all the worship and we all taught on the Cross or reminded them who they were in Christ. We go back to Mlandizi tomorrow and we pray we see water. Then onto safari while they get the well capped and ready. We love you!!
Stay posted!

Sherry Rickles.

Day Three

2010-07-25T14:22:00.000-07:00

The day began as we gathered around the handmade table, eating our breakfast before we left for our journey and we were greeted by two spider monkeys, peeping through the window. That was the first time that Kevin and Sherry had seen them here. As we left for our journey for Mlandizi, the place where the RCC is being established, we left the workers we met in 2009, Willie and Isaac, installing a water heater in the Masanjus home so that they would have a warm shower. Along the way to the Coastal Region in the outside city, our hearts and emotions were moved with the needs of the multitude. We each discussed how Jesus would have met all of their needs and we wondered, "What can we do?" This was an experience for everyone. Although some have been here more than once, it's still an experience for your eyes to behold. Please pray for Africa today.

As we entered the rural village, we were greeted by the founders of the village. Everyone had a look of excitement and were so happy to see us again and also those who came with us. We were surprised how "MeMaw", Kevin's grandmother (BeBe in Swahili) has been such an inspiration to those she meets. The room changes when she enters; they are amazed! She has traveled so far to see them! After our greetings with the people there, the time for which we had long awaited had finally arrived. The sound of the motor of the drill began to tell the story we had long awaited to share. The well is being drilled as we speak! They had worked very hard, night and day to clear the land, to dig the foundation of the house, to place the concrete and even hand dug an 8 foot by 12 foot hole for a sewer.

It was so beautiful! The wind blew constantly. Some trees had small bananas in them. It is very tropical. Everyone we meet on the property welcomes us with an abundance of joy and happiness. God is good and He goes after the one lost sheep! Tomorrow morning, we leave early to minister at two different churches and will minister at a school as well. Please keep us in your prayers that we may reach many with the Gospel!

Kevin Rickles

End of Day Two- Update

2010-07-23T10:07:00.000-07:00

From Sherry:

Today, we met with the workers to discuss the building of the ministry house in Mlandizi. Two of the workers are Islamic and worked on the building the first house last year, so Kevin and Sherry had a relationship already. We showed them the video that Kevin had put together of the progress last year and Kevin was able to talk to them about how our God gives us something that no other gods do--JOY!

We experienced going to the market. Today was "Market Day", so there was an unusual amount of people everywhere buying and selling. There was cattle walking down the middle of the road, led by a big bull, all of which were about 10 feet away from us! All the children were calling Ashley "teacher" because that is how they relate to young American girls. Later in the afternoon, we took a trip into town to get supplies and experienced the people begging. One guy pushed another man with no lower body to our window, and he just stared at us, wanting money.

The traffic was even worse than what it is in America, for there are no traffic laws here. We saw a man on the side of the road with a machine gun, watching the people. All the kids were either holding hands or had their arms around each other protecting one another. Women nurse their babies openly. A lot of other women were balancing big buckets full of things on their heads while walking down the streets.

We are in the process of locating a bigger vehicle for travel. Our plans are to go to Mlandizi tomorrow. We will try to update what happens there.

Day Two: Arrival in Dar es Salaam

2010-07-23T08:35:00.000-07:00

After a very long flight from Atlanta to Johannesburg, and then an extremely long layover in Johannesburg (19 hours, whew!), Team Rickles has made it to their destination. Here it is from their perspective (via text):

We are all tired from the 19-hour layover, but super excited! We were going to get a hotel in Johannesburg, but a room was $440.00 a night, SOOOO we hung out in a restaurant called the Mugg and Bean all night. When we arrived in Dar es Salaam, before welcoming us {into their country}, a guy stopped us and asked us a lot of questions about why we were there, and what we were carrying in our bags. Once we entered, Geoffrey and Agnes were waiting for us with three vehicles to transport us {and our stuff}. Once we arrived at their home, we sat down to a big feast that they had prepared for us. We were so ready for rest!! Will update more soon!

Stay tuned!

THE PLAN PHASE TWO- Day One

2010-07-21T16:44:00.000-07:00

At this time, the Rickles team has landed in Johannesburg, South Africa and await their departure into Tanzania. Continue to cover them in prayer as they enter into this divinely appointed time. More details to come.

Paula Lett

Final Update

2009-07-03T14:48:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,We are so sorry that we have not been able to update you, but we have been without the internet. I believe that we were on the way to Safari when I tried to send you an update by texting. So here is the latest up date. Today is our last day and we will be visiting with Andrew and Ester Mukasa.
Yesterday we saw a vision unfold before our very eyes. Over 100 people that included workers, neighbors, visiting pastors and several family members came over and celebrated the home restoration project. They were over joyed and many cried as they were given a tour of the home. Kevin had invited a few people to speak and through each speaker the gospel of Jesus was proclaimed to the entire area. Mama Timba, the woman who led Geofrey to Christ was there and she wept as she realized that by her sharing the salvation with one man, {that act} had led to a day that it was shared with over a 100 people. On the 7th month, 1st day at exactly 10 min. after 12:00 p.m. the main front door was hung. It was as if a chapter had been closed and a new one opened. Many of the workers brought their wives and their children, and they had never been apart of anything like this in their entire life. They were honored by us taking time to recognize their efforts.
God has given the Masanju family newness in life. Within their family God has already began to restore and reunite sisters and brothers because of the gathering and the openness of the celebration. Here is list of everything we saw finished: windows, doors, electrical, ceilings, tiled bathroom and shower room, floors, plastered walls and the front of the house plastered and finished, landscaped court yard. It is an absolute miracle what took place here and it would not have been possible if all of you had not come together to make it happen. They will forever thank you and we have listed everyone's name on a sheet of card board for them to be able to pray over all of you.

There was money donated to buy specific gifts that would help the family tremendously. List: New motorcycle, bicycle, stove with an oven, washing machine, toilet, shower assembly and spray nozzle, pedestal sink with faucet, and heavy duty interior door locks.

We will be leaving at 10:45 tonight and will arrive in Atlanta on Friday 1:40 p.m. Georgia time. We can't wait to share all the videos and pictures with all of you. We are sad to leave this family because we have all become close through this time of restoration. We love you and thank you for partnering with us to change the lives of another family in Africa. Love and God bless,Kevin, Sherry and Ricky

(***because of sporadic internet access, this update is a day late..p.lett)

Trying to Update

2009-07-03T14:46:00.000-07:00

Sherry tried to text an update earlier in the week about their safari. However most of the texts were garbled or broken. The one thing that came through was that they learned not to take bananas with them on safari. Animals will chase after them (I think the text said elephants to be specific....)

edited by Paula Lett

Thursday Update

2009-06-25T18:50:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,Today all the windows were put in place and they look great. The concrete starts at 7:30 in the morning for them to pour all the floors. These men work so hard but don't make a lot of money. We pay them a fair price for a day's wage. They tote concrete blocks like sacks of potatoes. Most of them always have a smile on their faces. This project has changed the lives and hearts of so many families. Everyone is so excited that a home is actually being completed. They work with great skill and dedication that you would think it was theie personal home.

Ricky went to David Mucasa's home last night and they put him on the radio to speak. He and David put together a song along with Ricky reciting the Lord's Generation from Damon Thompson from the Ramp. The Ramp has come to Africa.

Kevin and I went to our friends Bahati's home because she prepared several things for us to try. Ladies, we ate boiled pumpkin leaf mixed with nuts.(not recommended), homemade rolls, some kind of meat with a great tasting sauce, fried bananas, fresh cucumbers, beans, and water to drink. Her home was up on a very hilly region and = what a view of the city. We had to use a 4wheel drive to get down to her property and we walked/hiked down and up some ditches to get to the house. We took her children a ball and I played ball for a long time with them. We prayed over her and her home. Her husband spends alot of time away, trying to start a business. We were blessed by her giving. We spent a lot of time in the car because of major traffic jams, because there are no driving rules here. Rebecca made me a great cd and that is what we listen to everyday in the car.

When we visited the school on last Saturday we were introduced to a little crippled girl name Dao. Her legs were different sizes and she scooted around on her bottom and wobbling. They asked us to buy her a bicycle. Today we went to two factories looking for a special bike. We discovered they were very expensive. So we decided to buy an original kind with a place for her to sit on the back. Her family lives in a one room hut and are very poor. The bike can be used for other transportation also. Sometime tomorrow or Friday we will take it to her.

We want to go to safari this Friday. However, we went shopping today and what an adventure that was. We went to what they call the major market and the prices are low. Africa has improved in the last two years because they have paved many roads, added traffic lights(which we noticed no one really adheres to) They have even built a small mall almost like home( except for the security guards in every store). The prices are higher but they had just about anything you could want. At the market today we enjoyed looking at all the incredible art and handmade things.

Tell Andrew that Kevin looked for a djembe drum but was bombarded by about 15 men trying to sell him everything at once. They would not leave him alone and we actually had to hide inside a store and they kept banging all the drums at one time trying to convince Kevin theirs was better.

We are all doing well and miss you all, and will see you in a few days. Love Kevin, Sherry and Ricky

Tuesday update

2009-06-23T07:16:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone. It is Tuesday here at 9:41 am. Kevin is gone with Geofrey to the bank and to get more supplies. Ricky and I are at the house. The neighbor brought his lap top over for me to use and rRcky was shoveling but is now getting ready to go with Joseph, Geofreys son to the Tanzania Z00. The wind is blowing but it is still hot here and muggy. Sweat becomes a part of the daily routine. The roof has been completed and it looks great. Today they are working on putting the metal bars in the window frames and they will put the screen over them last. All the door frames are complete and in their place. It is hard understanding everything they do and say but somehow we communicate with the ones who do not speak English. David, the young man that came over and spoke at the church is coming over and going with Ricky. Women , be very thankful for your stoves and washing machines. Just ask Ricky about having to do laundry from buckets and a lot of hand work.
They cook on a little Cole burner for all their meals. One meal can take several hours to prepare. I have gone to the markets twice to help get food. I realized Agnes needs a small cart to carry all the food. I even picked out live chickens or Choco in Tanzanian. We are learning more words and meeting more people. Bahati a woman from the Women's conference in 2007 came by and told me that her niece that I prayed for then who had aids and was pregnant was doing good. She is now healed and her baby that she was going to abort is alive and well. God is a miracle working God. We are just allowing our bodies to be the vessels that God is working from.
It builds my faith to see how these people walk for miles to get to a church. There is a local open front church on the main street by Geofreys home that have street church on Sundays. They are having a 10 year dedication this weekend and the man had not filled the guest speaker's spot, because he felt like God said he would send the speaker. He stopped by Geofreys home, just to see what was going on and met Kevin at the gate. Now Kevin will be the guest speaker for Sunday afternoon. We will be going to another church on Sunday morning for all of us to minister and pray for people.

The plumbers have arrived with the pipes to finish more of the water lines. This is all for now.

Greetings from Tanzania

2009-06-19T21:24:00.000-07:00

This is the first time we have been able {to update everyone}. This is a quick update on the past three days. Our flight was long and very tiring, but we had good seat partners. I talked to a Korean girl who had almost been in a bad car wreck, but God spared her life on her way to the airport. I talked to her about the importance of her walk with God and how God was not finished with her. She thanked me and told me that I made it easy for her to talk about how she was hurt in church. Her name is Beth.
Geofrey picked us up at airport and we spent the night sleeping under a fan. We are sleeping very good and Agnes makes sure we eat good. We have eaten good meals like rice, english peas and green beans cooked with coconut. I went to the market yesterday and I picked out the chickens we would eat for supper. The smell was awful but the people are laughing and smiling at me as I try to learn their language.

Kevin and Ricky went with Geofrey to find wood and supplies. Everything is different here because when you order it has to be made the day you order. The wood arrived about 7;30 at night and it took about an hour to unload. We have been going to bed very late and yet it is all very good. It is very hot but the Indian ocean supplies a breeze. We somehow left one of my suitcases at home that contained most of my clothes, but God is supplying what I need. Agnes gave me a beautiful dress and a dress maker came by last night and measured me for another skirt outfit(!) I do have pants but only 1 skirt for church services.

I watched as the men took off the existing roof and waited on Geofrey to come back. Kevin and Ricky went to the Indian ocean and shopped while they waited on the wood to be prepared. Ricky says to tell everyone hello and that he loves and misses all of you. He is having a good time although it is a much slower pace than he is used to. Here we call it "African time", because people get to it when they get to it.

There are so many crippled people and they are taught from an early age to beg for stuff so that they can survive. I gave away a ball yesterday to a neighbor of Geofreys. He was 3 and named Moses. His sisters were 1 year old Anna and 7 year old Miriam. I saw him this morning and he was still playing with his ball. I also gave a ball to my dress maker named Bahati. I met her in 07 when we were here before. She is a very powerful woman of God.

Ricky has made friends with the local children. He played soccer!(football) with them on Wed. and plans on playing this afternoon! He has been asked to speak at the Dar es Sallem College next week. We will go Sat. to speak to the children. That is 2 hours away and several miles off the main road. We have to have a 4 wheel drive to make it there. The men working on the house are very nice and eager to learn. Kevin brought tools and they are very thankful. Geofreys sister Juliet is coming over to help with cooking and washing dishes. They are hard workers. She stands and bends the whole time she is cooking.

We love all of you and we are taking lots of pictures. Tell Bean that they pray over his picture every night and they say thank you to everyone who has helped. Agnes just cried and she asked God why He chose them over others she feels need things also. She knows she is being blessed. I will update again as soon as I can. Keep praying and know that we love each of you and we feel you are here with us. Blessings from the African house builders,Kevin, Sherry and Ricky ( posted by Paula Lett for the Rickles)