After a short night due to the superbowl for some of us, we headed out to the medical center/pharmacy construction site.
Not before learning again that we cannot consume too much water for showering because it is very valuable in this part of the world...
The road to the site took us through unpaved and uneven roads bordered by shanty townships and rubble made shacks. Commercial signs such as "Wireless Internet" and "Mobile Phone Cards" pointed to open-walled small contructions, ready to be the victim of any medium storm, and left us wondering where the business is located and conducted.
We got the chance early morning to visit the Theovision Center located right next to the construction site.
Theovision is the vision of one man, Theo- from Ghana but educated in the U. S. The vision is simple: Africa needs Jesus, therefore, the Word of God. Many speak different languages and are illiterate. Use then the audio media to read the Bible to local tribes throughout Africa in their own mother tongues. Focus - Africa only. "When we're done with the whole Africa, then we'll move somehwere else" - Theo explained later, smiling big. They currently serve 30 countries with various languages (called projects) and the ministry is growing. Theo is adding medical help, together with HCJB to the ministry- people can listen to the bible while getting treated for various sicknesses - hence the medical facility we're helping to build. Theovision has created audio units the size of a normal detachable speaker that gets loaded with Bible reading content and that can be turned on in any remote location. Ingenious, efficient, and Jesus- focused. The main recording location is simple, but clean and well- organized. Everyone wears a tie and a smile. "We make no small plans here," Theo concluded.
After the tour, we started helping the construction crew with hauling blocks of cement from a nearby pile. We were instructed to observe the site and the hired workers and gently offer our help when needed. Classes and racial segregations still play a huge role in most ofAfrica. After lunch we helped with the concrete mixing, steel bar- cutting, measuring, engineering and such. The great finale of the day was given by helping unload 110 lbs. bags of cement (50KGs) together with the local crew. We all got so impressed by their ability to place the weights on their heads... Some of us tried it also... Only once...
Ate some great roast beef for dinner and had a wonderful discussions about serving the Lord at the end.
Tomorrow we're off to more concrete mixing and laying blocks on top of the structure - should be a lot of work and a lot of fun.
Thank-you again, Lord, for the blessing of serving- show us how we can do it better and to Your glory - Amen.
Cristian
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