Wednesday began the first of three rounds of fumigation in
the buildings on our property. All of the missionary homes and Tumaini
buildings are getting sprayed over a course of three weeks. Yesterday, in
preparation for the fumigation, Karen and I readied the Eads’ house—covering
and putting things away. Neither of us had yet been present during a
fumigation, but Jana left detailed instructions to help us prep their house.
Now, we feel much more confident about preparing our house for the fumigation
when our turn rolls around in a few weeks.
Our second planned event of the day was the sale of some
extra furniture. We have some office furniture stored right now that we no
longer need. A few weeks ago, Karen, Beth, and I took measurements and pictures
of the furniture to put into a pamphlet. Karen put together a nice brochure,
and Beth sent it out to a list of businessmen in town. Well, less than two
hours after Beth had sent out the email, she received a reply—for the entire
lot of furniture! Needless to say, we were all in shock over how God worked the
situation! Incredibly, the buyer also wanted to pick up the furniture right
away. So, yesterday, the purchaser came to pick up the furniture. Karen and I
were there to greet him—and to move all of the furniture to his vehicle. Thankfully,
we were able to grab Tumaini’s assistant manager to help move some of the
larger items.
After our heavy work-filled morning, Karen and I trudged
back to our house, ready to enjoy our fan and some down-time. No sooner were we
heating up our lunch then we heard a large vehicle pull onto the property.
Karen looked out the window and discovered it was a school bus full of
children—not our children. We headed back outside to figure out who had come.
After greeting the bus driver and the teacher in charge, we discovered that
this random school had made a special collection of food to give to an
orphanage for Easter. Apparently, they were looking for a different orphanage,
but after driving around for a while, they had no success in finding it.
Instead, they found Tumaini.
The head teacher was clearly tired of driving around and
decided they would just give the food to us. She called the girls off of the
bus and had them bring all of the food. There were bags and boxes of bread,
tomato paste, tea, oil, flour, and water. There were even special treats of
juice and candy! The girls were disappointed that all of our children were away
at school, but they still gave us the food. I grabbed my computer and showed
them a few pictures of our kids, hoping to make them feel a little better about
not meeting the Tumaini kids.
What an exciting day we had. I was so thankful to see how
God worked. He answered our prayers regarding the sale of the furniture above
and beyond what we asked. And he provided abundantly with the special gift of
food. What a reassurance of God’s care and provision for us as we continue
persevering in faith!
