Every Sunday, Adie and I have the privilege of taking about 10 folks with us in our truck to church. Many of them are students that for one reason or another have endeared themselves to us—most likely because everytime they come over, Adie brings them out some sort of fresh baked cookies or goodies. They act like they are interested in talking to me but everytime they drop by the house they seem to always be looking around for 'Madame Adie'!
Anyways, some of the young guys from church needed some work. The work wasn't to have money in order to go out to eat, buy a game or even see a movie. Instead, their need was much more basic; they needed money just to stay in public school. Schools here do not really charge much but they do charge.
Although, the term “much” can be an aweful relative term. To us, it's not much but to the average Togolesse who if they can find work, might only make 3 dollars a day for working 12 hours, then this is a major obstacle! So, Adie and I found a solution. We don't have much extra work around the house but we did have some trees that needed trimming. So, with a hand made latter, three machette and some rope, the guys climbed up two of our trees and with in two days had them down to just the bare trunks. It was amazing to see how quickly they worked. It gave us an opportunity to help our church teens and they in return helped us with our tree situation.
