This is Evelyn in her element. One person -- Ismail -- asked to come and read with her. But when he came for the lesson, he brought two friends. Then two more showed up. I have never seen anyone happier in Lui than Evelyn teaching reading to adults. She did this yesterday and has another lesson scheduled for this afternoon.
Today we visited the Mothers' Union poultry farm project, which was funded by a Women to Women grant of the Episcopal Church Women of TEC. When we were here in December, the chicks were new. In May, they were struggling to survive. Now they are thriving and laying eggs, 10 or 20 a day, which the MU sell for 1/2 a Sudanese pound each. They are not yet making a profit, and in fact their income doesn't completely pay for chicken feed and the stipend to those who care for the chickens, but the cheap source of protein is wonderful for families with children.
None of the chickens are featherless as they were back in May. The MU continue to sell some off as meat to fund the feed of the layers.
We also visited the MU sewing room today, and it is thriving, with many more garments for sale -- and made with more finesse -- than we saw in May. They also have baskets and bows (the shooting kind) for sale.
More news -- the cathedral here has scraped together its funds and purchased its own grinding mill to raise money. And Bishop Bullen told Deb, who had the nerve to ask, God bless her, that his baby is due within a couple of weeks. He has asked us all to tea at his compound this afternoon.
A bit of a virus or something is making the rounds among us -- not pleasant (chills, fever and digestive upset) while one is sick but not long running so far. Please keep the mission team and our health and safety in your prayers.
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