News Letter-Lois Watt
Dear Family and Friends,
I can't believe it is 3 months that I have been here. It is still the rainy season so everything is green with lots of pretty flowers small birds and butterflies. It is toward the end of the rain and then there will be no rain anthen the HARMATON winds come and blow dirt so everything really gets dusty. I don' t think I will like that very well . I don't know how long it lasts. In Oct. there will be a LCMS conference here in Jos. Missionaries from Nigeria will come. The Houges will be here from Kenya. ( Mrs Houge was Jonathan's teacher in Gresham. They will be staying with Jerry and Carol Loewe. Carol and Jerry are from Nebr. And were in Kenya first when they came to Nigeria. Two Dist. Pres. One from Indiana and one from New Jersey and 1 lady, probably a wife. I was hoping it would be Linda Reiser but I guess not. In Oct the school has vacation from Oct. 14 to 23. After the conference we will take a trip with the Rasches to Wally and Betty's village. Ivan said they would be anxious to meet me because I am Betty's sister. Wally and Betty were held in high esteem. I don't quite know what to expect.
I have been feeling fine. Sometimes my back bothers me if I have been sitting at the table drawing quilt patterns or I stand to long. Nathaniel and Teri go swimming in the morning at 6AM. Nathaniel said he doesn't get backaches since he does that. The pool is at Elm House compound. I usually don't get up till they are gone to school . There isn't quite so much commotion that way.
I got a personal e-mail from each of my siblings this past month so I was pleased (except Betty) I do get the news letter. We don't get any other news. We don't have TV so we don't know what's going on in the rest of the world. I haven't heard from Michael at all. I don't have an address for them in Schuyler and they don't have e-mail any more. Sometimes we use the computer to call but it doesn't always work and then we have to work around the 7 hours difference. I like quilting with the ladies. We made a Fishers of Men wall hanging and a round table cloth, both of those things sold. I have the beginners so they don't know how to read English real well and don't know the fractions, both are important in quilting so we are very fast with our projects. I get a little agitated when they don't have electricity because then we need the charcoal iron and that takes about 15 or 20 minutes to get it hot enough. It is so important to iron the pieces. They iron standing up with the iron and pad on the floor. The sewing machines are pedal so they can always sew.
Please keep praying for me to continue to have the missionary zeal in my life. What does God do to get our attention Move you to another land,(Abraham), get you out of retirement (Moses)? "When you were in trouble, you called and I saved you, I answered you with thunder."Ps. 81;7 In His Love and mine, Lois
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Lois Watt.
