Watercolor etc.

To view more of my art, please go to: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EsengoArt

Saturday

This was a lovely Saturday.

I slept in late, had coffee, worked on school stuff and found some awesome Lingala praise music with an artist I really like! (For those of you who don't know, that is a rare and special find).

I also worked on writing and illustrating a simple premie care guide in Lingala. It is very short but I'm excited to be able to share this with moms who need some extra tips on caring for their tiny babies during the long stay in the hospital.

Some pictures from the premie infant care guide:

 

The day was made complete by watching the BBC version of Emma with some of the girls in the evening. Chocolate, tea and early spring coziness. I feel so blessed.

The Old Churchyard

Come, come with me out to the old churchyard,

I so well know those paths 'neath the soft green sward.
Friends slumber in there that we want to regard;
We will trace out their names in the old churchyard.

Mourn not for them, their trials are o'er,
And why weep for those who will weep no more?
For sweet is their sleep, though cold and hard
Their pillows may be in the old churchyard.

I know that it's vain when our friends depart
To breathe kind words to a broken heart;
And I know that the joy of life is marred
When we follow lost friends to the old churchyard.

But were I at rest 'neath yonder tree,
Oh, why would you weep, my friends, for me?
I'm so weary, so wayworn, why would you retard
The peace I seek in the old churchyard?

Why weep for me, for I'm anxious to go
To that haven of rest where no tears ever flow;
And I fear not to enter that dark lonely tomb
Where our saviour has lain and conquered the gloom.

I rest in the hope that one bright day
Sunshine will burst to these prisons of clay,
And old Gabriel's trumpet and voice of the Lord
Will wake up the dead in the old churchyard.

Happy New Year 2016!

It's a boy!

Driving home in the dark after watching a young mother push her baby into the world. This miracle will always amaze me.

God's greatest gift came that way. Small and crying and delivered in pain. But He lived to deliver us from eternal pain.

Mary, Did You Know is playing on the radio. 

Somehow, just this time, the song seems to come to life. The words form pictures which are real. Not just ideas or images, or nice thoughts, but life.

The pain she went through to bring that life into the world fades as the Savior of the world comes to dwell among men.

Aprons for Sale

These are some beautiful aprons that I am selling; see photos below.

They come in many colors, and some have a front pocket.

These aprons are made by my dear friend Marie-Rose who is a wonderful Rwandan lady living in Congo. She works at Pioneer Christian Hospital and is greatly involved in the Hope for Life ministry.

Read more about the ministry here: http://www.hopeforlifecongo.com The proceeds from the apron sales will go to help support her and the Hope for Life ministry.

Please consider buying some; they make great gifts (and Christmas is coming!)

Heroes of H.E.L.P.

Here's the the staff at L'hopital Evangelique <<Le Pionnier>> (Pioneer Christian Hospital)!!!

They work in difficult circumstances, they save lives, give their own blood to patients and share the gospel.

They are the best friends, good examples, counselors and the unsung heroes of Impfondo.

I love all of you so much!!!!

Nzambe apambola bino!