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She doesn’t know it, although she might have some idea, because I told her the story of Boaz & told her I was like Boaz, my wife like Ruth, but she said she wanted to be like my wife’s sister. So that would make her a sister-in-law, but they’re both younger than most of my daughters.

The first photos are mostly Cynthia, then photos & a video of the prayer meeting I taught at after writing this email.

I think this house-girl, Cynthia, is something God arranged and some kind of answer to my prayer. I don’t remember all my prayers, because my life & thoughts are mostly prayer though I hope my impatient thoughts aren’t counted as prayers. But about 1 day before this house girl arrived to replace the one who demanded more pay than her agreed $10/mo. wage. $0 to $20 is typical, because at least they have a place to sleep & eat. Anyway, that 1 day, I thought & probably prayed that I’d like a house assistant who spoke enough English & was trustworthy enough to teach him/her to use the computer & help with business matters.

A friend of my wife’s brought her here. After agreeing to come for just room & board my wife was happily surprised to find out that this girl is a Christian & member of an Assemblies of God, which is my wife’s favorite traditional church in Kigali, & at least 2 places in Uganda. She’s actually already talking to me in English better than my wife, although they both know a number of things the other doesn’t. Like most Africans she is poor for lack of opportunity & often for lack of parents. Her entire nuclear family except her younger sister were killed when she was 3 in the Genocide & most of her other relatives, also. She, her sister & 5 cousins have been living with a poor widow Aunt, who hasn’t really had enough to feed all of them. She started secondary school, but couldn’t afford the book fees, so she’s hoping for some way to continue school.

She’s 17, & 3.5 years younger than my 4rth daughter & still young enough to learn English & things like computers rapidly. My wife will probably find her telling her how to use gadgets like most of us find our children & grand-children doing.

We have some extra Kinyarwanda bibles, her best language, but I don’t know where my wife put them while she is away to Goma. But amazingly, while I was running Sunday I spent some time with 3 young men & the stocky weight-lifter gave me a new Kinyarwanda bible just like the ones we recently bought, because he was a Moslem & didn’t want it.

She is in bed reading the bible right now (10:00p Mon) after we had a good discussion eating the dinner she cooked while I’m in bed typing as usual.

If things continue & my wife agrees, I’d like to adopt her & bring her to the USA with us. I love to teach & always wanted to be a good father to my daughters, but it was mostly impossible with the interference of their demonized mother. So perhaps that prophecy that God would restore all that I lost, will be fulfilled in unexpected ways.

Tomorrow, our two new New Wave-Rwanda leaders are going with me to start registering the ministry, returning here for lunch then going at 3 to for me to teach a group one of them has waiting. Jean-Claude’s brother will interpret, since their English is very limited. It will be good to travel with them & except for buses & common language it will be much like Jesus walking & talking & doing ministry with the Apostles.

This Tues morning I enjoyed early breakfast with the house-girl, Cynthia & shared with her teaching on the Song-of-Solomon &, of course, new English. When I woke up the internet had much improved, so I attached many photos & videos to my “8 pieces of wisdom from 39 yrs..”

After the first trip trying to register the ministry, my partners have gone to town, so I’m about too take a nap to be alert to go again, teach on a 3 hr trip, & spend reuniting time with my lovely wife, who should be home before our scheduled 1:00 lunch.

Thursday 5/9/08 Personal use of excess time.

I’m making the most of my time with little teaching opportunity. After some emails & non-connecting phone calls, I started exercising & listening to the Kidz free audio Bible, click to download, about noon, while my computer was slowly going through the process of buying bargain cameras on-line from www.circuitcity.com which is a great source for notebook computers, too, many $400-$500, but they’re are not available for pick-up near my secretary, though they usually have free shipping, but not all items. & I was attaching photos & saving 1 at a time to this email, while it is downloading my 10-11^th free audio bible, the 3^rd one in Spanish, & downloading my 2^nd free download from www.house2house.com. All the time I keep 2 windows 2 my email open, so I can check emails while I’m attaching etc in the other window. After done with my bedroom calisthenics I took the 4 gallon bucket for my cold African bath outside to get water (the shower never works inside) & did 12 pull-ups under the overhang outside. My wife is busy making arrangements for our May 24^th (3^rd & I hope last wedding). She just negotiated next to me with a man for a house for 50 guests for 3 days for $100, which I think her mother is paying for. They’ll be sleeping African style in about 5 bedrooms & another room or two. I do get a lot done on my computer, because people are speaking languages I don’t know, so I just type away.

It’s 2:50 here, but 8:50 am EST.

Naye Lia kwa Mapenzi na Furaha,…

He Who Weeps with Love & Joy, for the Beautiful African Bride of Christ

(Known in the past as Greg Cunningham)

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