This afternoon I was at RFIS, as is my custom on Thursdays, from 3 to 4 pm for Small Group.  I get together with 4 young women in 9th grade for discipleship.  We’re nearly done studying Ephesians, and it’s going really well.  But that’s not what this title refers to.

Last week I posted a photo and story about Ron and the guys exposing a sewer pipe that had been flattened during the construction of the RFIS library building.  That was during break, in which there were no students needing to use the library. 

Today, the 3rd day back at school, riding home from RFIS with us was Mark, the Cameroonian librarian.  (say that 10 times fast — at least his name isn’t “Marion”)  He was describing the scene in the library after over 2 meters of concrete had been chipped away to expose the damaged pipe.  Apparently he’s been spending the week cleaning the dust off every book and shelf in the library!  In his description of the mess, he used the words “un etat deplorable” or “a deplorable state”!  Hopefully it was only dust that messed up the library.

Suffice it to say, libraries and construction (or deconstruction in this case) zones do not mix!