A Day in the Life... (+ Women's Bible Study Info)

Most countries have cereal with prizes in the box.  In India, out poured a rusty nail instead!  Joseph's response?  "At least it isn't sharp."  Way to look at the bright side Joseph;-)

I spy something brown, rusty, and covered in chocolate

Kai has chicken pox right now and I was sick the other day, so the posts have been in short supply as of late:-(  It was the birthday of the President of the college yesterday and it's his daughter's wedding next week, so we have been having some interesting happenings lately and thought you might enjoy "A Day in the Life of the Wegert Family (+ mom)" post.

Whilst cleaning our house for the upcoming wedding, the college students cleaned the spiderwebs from our property.  Turns out, there were 70.  Yes, seventy ugly, black, big as a man's hand spiders.  Things are not wasted here, so what did they do with said spiders?  Made them into a chutney and ate them.  I kid you not....

Pointing at the spider

That reminds me, the kids were looking at a nasty (smallish- about the size of a peanut plus long legs) spider.  I took pictures and all was dandy, until Rai reached out and grabbed it by the legs!  I started screaming at him, thinking he had gone bonkers, so he drops it and looks inquisitively at me.  "What on earth were you thinking?" I asked.  "In my village, we eat those..."  Ewww... 

We often play games with flashlights because the electricity goes out all the time.  My mom thinks it's hilarious:-)  Just another day in the life!  (The electricity goes out for hours at a time, several times a week).

2 Camels meandered past our restaurant window (TGI Fridays) carrying some sort of green vegetable and a Bull blocked my path out of a store.   

Climbing over a  wall is a perfectly ordinary occasion.  There are ladders, but test it first lest it fall  apart.

A gigantic idol (hindu) is hauled past our house on a tractor with a full drum procession and dancing on its way to the lake.

Contractors use rusty metal for the structure of buildings!  Don't worry, though, they paint over it first (what!?!)!

Traffic reluctantly stops for the cow moseying across the street, but hardly for the people running across it.  

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirsty for righteousness..."  Stifling my giggle, I smiled to show the little girl that she did a good job reciting her verse.  Moving on, I realized that every single child who recited their verse thought it was hunger and thirsty (It's supposed to be thirst)!  Ah, what wonderful surprises these little ones bring daily:-)


A farewell dinner was served on banana leaves while sitting on the floor.  The food was amazing, though.  It was a feast!
 

Hebrew's Women's Bible Study- Draw Near to His Throne

Also wanted to mention that my sister has a God-given talent for teaching and happens to be starting an awesome inductive Bible study (Kay Arthur).  The sign-up deadline is very soon (okay, it was yesterday), but Gretchen would love to have you join, so sign up asap (even if it's a wee bit late)!  I'll be attending the Tuesday night classes starting when I get back (November 8th).  I've done this type of Bible Study before and it is superb.

When - 2 CLASS TIMES AVAILABLE!!

                Saturdays, 9-11am Starting October 8th

                Tuesdays, 6-8 pm Starting October 11th

Where - Grace Church of Mesa;  8701 Brown Road, Mesa (Brown and the 202)

Materials - $45 for the 19 week study;  Can be made in 2 payments of $22.50 in Oct and Jan;  FULL Scholarships available just let me know!!!!

Invite A Friend!  Please pray about someone you may want to invite to come with you!!

Info Session Sept 27th - Need More Info?:  Want to know more about "Inductive" Bible Study -  Attend the "How to Study Your Bible" Women's Dessert, Sept 27th at 6:30 at Grace Church!  Email me to sign-up!  (Ooops... sorry for the late post!  Instead you can email me for more info:-)

TO SIGN UP FOR THE STUDY - Email Gretchen (lowerygretchen@gmail.com) or call (480)353-9417 by Sept 28th;  Please let me know if you would like to attend Saturday or Tuesdays.

Winter Visitors:  Please let me know if you would like to join us but won't be back yet in early October.   Depending on when you will be here we can work out a plan together!!

Another view of that lovely nail

close up of almost-eaten spider (Rai is the child on the left)

He's the happiest spotty baby I've ever seen!

Oh Happy Day!

What a day!!!  My mom arrived around midnight last night and we didn't get to bed until 4am!  At 9:30am, Kai woke up and got to see his mimi for the first time in months!  He was a happy boy.

Twenty stuffed animals knelt in prayer this evening.  Twenty bears hugged me goodnight.  And twenty bears are snuggled in next to twenty happy, sleeping children.  Do you think they liked their gifts?  Why don't you take a look and see what you think!  Today was a fun-filled day; from a brand new soccer ball (thanks Martha!), to watching Veggie Tales (thanks Lukers!), to coloring with brand new school supplies (you should have heard the "oohs" and "ahhs" when they received their very own eraser and ruler), to getting a new, snuggly friend.  I think this may well be one of the best days of their young lives:-)  God is so good to us!  We have seen God bless us through these children time after time.  God blesses the giver even more than the recipient.  We thank you all for your support in God's work.  May He shower blessings on you.

I would love to hear from you!  Which picture/post is your favorite so far?  Regale us with a recent tale of yours (a time that brought tears to your eyes, your best memory, a God moment, etc.)!

Athing is reading to her bear

Gigantic Termite Mound

What a turn-out!

"What's a teddy bear?" Yermipei asked as I tried to explain that each of them was to receive a stuffed animal.  "Well, it's a toy bear that is soft,"  I responded (how on earth do you describe one?).  She thought for a second, "And there is one for each of us?"  "Yep, you get one of your very own to keep forever," I replied.  At this, a couple children translated into their own language and smiles seemed to be contagious.  

There are no words to describe the difference this will make for these children.  A simple teddy bear given as an act of kindness seems so small, but it's legacy will far out-live the bear.  These children will remember you always.  And so, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.  

Here are the pictures of the Build-a-Bearers (compliments of Pastor Eric and my dad:-).  You will also find the video that was shown at Build-a-Bear of Joseph, Kai and I with the kids.

Maranatha Children's Home Thank You Video