Perhaps the biggest blessing for our recent visitor, Tehur, was the relationship she developed with Josephine and Eva. Jo and Eva are the ladies who produce all that lovely dry fruit in our kitchen. Earlier posts will have told you about how they are generating income through this small business venture. We are delighted for them!
Though Tehur doesn't speak Swahili and the ladies don't speak English, the 3 of them just hit it off across the language divide. Tehur was touched by the joy apparent in their lives, despite dramatically challenging circumstances. Their lives were one of the ways that God spoke to Te while she was with us.
As Tehur's time came to a close, she felt led to give a gift of a hundred dollars to Wild Hope. She could feel in her gut that this gift was hers to give, even though she knew she was returning to no job in Portugal and this literally was the last of her cash. We didn't say anything either way, knowing that sometimes people need to follow the promptings that God gives them, but also knowing that people need to weigh emotions against good sense.
A few short days before Tehur's departure, she arrived in Byron's office with her gift. "I really want to give this," she said.
Then Byron had a thought. Why not take this gift and get something really useful, a true blessing, for Josephine and Eva? They had been such a light to Tehur... How could she bless them?
Enter the D.Light. This wonderful little solar light was developed by a former Peace Corps volunteer who saw how dangerous, expensive and un-green kerosene lanterns are. With its own little solar panel to charge it up, this light has 3 brightness settings and can run for 20-200 hours, depending on which setting you use. It also has a little jack that can used to charge up a cell phone. How cool is that?
The ladies were overjoyed. They literally laughed and danced around with their neat new solar lanterns.
We love these little lights! They are safe and clean and efficient and cool :-) We're hoping to promote them in Tanzania through sales and strategic donations to raise awareness and profile these money-saving sources of light.
And PS 24 hours after Tehur and Byron decided on the lights, Te found out she had a job waiting for her back home in Portugal. A stretch of faith and a kind gift gave Tehur an experience of God's faithfulness.
Win! Win! Win!
