Miracle received!
For those of you praying for a miracle for us (following my prayer calendar - I THINK it was on Monday's request that we witness a miracle...) - we do believe we have seen one.
Following our meeting the other night with Campus Crusade for Christ, the country director asked if we would like to participate in one of their campus outreaches - handing out Valentine's day candy to students on the Dhaka University campus. While we were grateful to be asked - and would have very much liked meeting with college students - the 14th was declared a hartal (strike) day and we suggested that we didn't feel it was safe for us to do so. This greatly upset the country director and he persisted in trying to convince us to go - even adding the guilt trip of asking if we 'didn't trust him.' We explained our desire to follow Prodip's orders to stay inside - and he suggested that Prodip was being overly cautious for our safety. The CCC leader told us that he drove around and worked as normal on the last hartal - and he assured us that we would be safe. He didn't appear to be taking our 'no' for an answer. Holly and I just really didn't feel good about this AT ALL!!! When we got out of the van after the meeting, he reminded me that 'where there is a will, there is a way!' and I reminded him that while that was true - we were also warned to be as 'wise as serpents.' (Thanks, Matt!) We thought all was well and understood, until yesterday when he called and told us that he could pick us up on foot and take us to the university - and that he could be there in a few hours. I just had to be as blunt (but tactful!) as possible and say that we were not going to go! We had work to do at the office (all that typing from yesterday) and we still did not feel it was safe for two white women to be on a university campus on a hartal day!
Here comes the miracle part: we trusted our instincts. We were right.
There was a bombing at the University yesterday. 4 bombs went off during the Valentine's Day festivities. 16 people were sent to the hospital. (No one was killed, fortunately!) We WOULD have been there. When I saw the headlines in the paper this morning, I was almost sick - so overwhelmed with thankfulness for our safety, and dread realizing what COULD have happened.
Thank you for your prayers. Holly and I believe that our 'gut instinct' was a direct result of your faithfulness to pray for us. Please continue to do so.
In other news, we have enjoyed our evenings these past two nights by being the only guests in the YWCA guest house and watching movies. It's the first TV we've watched since we've been here, and it was a good distraction from all the work we've been doing. We were joined by our good friends Anne and Turid - the ladies from Norway. Anne lives at the YWCA (she's doing a year long internship) and Turid visits Bangladash 2-3x a year for she is a secretary for the YWCA and a donor from Norway. This place is home for them - so they don't really count as guests. :) We enjoy their company so much - and I do believe this trip would not be as fulfilling as it has been if not for them. Sunday night we watched 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves' and last night was 'How to lose a guy in 10 days.' Chick flicks!!!!! :)
On to the technical stuff: Dr. B and Mark - thanks for the info. I thought the milk WH for pen was 48 hours (you probably taught me that!) and I capesh on the other matters. Holly is getting credit for her time here, so we will make sure that a copy of our mastitis stuff gets into her professors hands. I have learned so much about stall design! Thanks to the U. GA's site (via Mark) and the U. Wisconsin's site - and Holly, of course.... I didn't even know what a 'brisket board' was. :)
Jenny's - no need to mail the microscope - just wanting to know the price and where to get it. You have access to more distributers and info than we can get here. So, the name and phone number and price are all I need. Prodip will see to buying it for Lawrence's use. As far as the sugar float - do I need to heat that at all? Or is it really just sugar dumped into water? Thanks a million!!!
Ok, time to write about rabbits - good thing I brought along a Merck Manual!
Shubho Dupur! (Good Afternoon!)
ps - duct tape. Heh. They don't have duct tape. :( We are truly in a 3rd world country.
Following our meeting the other night with Campus Crusade for Christ, the country director asked if we would like to participate in one of their campus outreaches - handing out Valentine's day candy to students on the Dhaka University campus. While we were grateful to be asked - and would have very much liked meeting with college students - the 14th was declared a hartal (strike) day and we suggested that we didn't feel it was safe for us to do so. This greatly upset the country director and he persisted in trying to convince us to go - even adding the guilt trip of asking if we 'didn't trust him.' We explained our desire to follow Prodip's orders to stay inside - and he suggested that Prodip was being overly cautious for our safety. The CCC leader told us that he drove around and worked as normal on the last hartal - and he assured us that we would be safe. He didn't appear to be taking our 'no' for an answer. Holly and I just really didn't feel good about this AT ALL!!! When we got out of the van after the meeting, he reminded me that 'where there is a will, there is a way!' and I reminded him that while that was true - we were also warned to be as 'wise as serpents.' (Thanks, Matt!) We thought all was well and understood, until yesterday when he called and told us that he could pick us up on foot and take us to the university - and that he could be there in a few hours. I just had to be as blunt (but tactful!) as possible and say that we were not going to go! We had work to do at the office (all that typing from yesterday) and we still did not feel it was safe for two white women to be on a university campus on a hartal day!
Here comes the miracle part: we trusted our instincts. We were right.
There was a bombing at the University yesterday. 4 bombs went off during the Valentine's Day festivities. 16 people were sent to the hospital. (No one was killed, fortunately!) We WOULD have been there. When I saw the headlines in the paper this morning, I was almost sick - so overwhelmed with thankfulness for our safety, and dread realizing what COULD have happened.
Thank you for your prayers. Holly and I believe that our 'gut instinct' was a direct result of your faithfulness to pray for us. Please continue to do so.
In other news, we have enjoyed our evenings these past two nights by being the only guests in the YWCA guest house and watching movies. It's the first TV we've watched since we've been here, and it was a good distraction from all the work we've been doing. We were joined by our good friends Anne and Turid - the ladies from Norway. Anne lives at the YWCA (she's doing a year long internship) and Turid visits Bangladash 2-3x a year for she is a secretary for the YWCA and a donor from Norway. This place is home for them - so they don't really count as guests. :) We enjoy their company so much - and I do believe this trip would not be as fulfilling as it has been if not for them. Sunday night we watched 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves' and last night was 'How to lose a guy in 10 days.' Chick flicks!!!!! :)
On to the technical stuff: Dr. B and Mark - thanks for the info. I thought the milk WH for pen was 48 hours (you probably taught me that!) and I capesh on the other matters. Holly is getting credit for her time here, so we will make sure that a copy of our mastitis stuff gets into her professors hands. I have learned so much about stall design! Thanks to the U. GA's site (via Mark) and the U. Wisconsin's site - and Holly, of course.... I didn't even know what a 'brisket board' was. :)
Jenny's - no need to mail the microscope - just wanting to know the price and where to get it. You have access to more distributers and info than we can get here. So, the name and phone number and price are all I need. Prodip will see to buying it for Lawrence's use. As far as the sugar float - do I need to heat that at all? Or is it really just sugar dumped into water? Thanks a million!!!
Ok, time to write about rabbits - good thing I brought along a Merck Manual!
Shubho Dupur! (Good Afternoon!)
ps - duct tape. Heh. They don't have duct tape. :( We are truly in a 3rd world country.
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