What Next?

Last night, we were all getting sleepy. The kids were finally tucked into bed, and we were just thinking of settling down for the night, when from out of the darkness came LOUD rock music, driving all thought of sleep from our minds. Soon, we could hear motor bikes driving down the new road right behind our property, and noisy crowds of people screaming and yelling at each other...probably in order to be heard over the music. This was followed by sounds of machine guns firing, sinister laughter, screaming, and the groans of the dying. There were shouts of laughter as each new murder was broadcast over loud speakers.We lay in our beds, tense and unbelieving. How can they do this? How can they make all this noise at night when it is time to sleep. Surely they will stop soon...or so I thought. Pretty soon, our kids woke up, scared and wanting to cuddle close. Midnight rolled around, the decibels increased...two oclock, no relief....three oclock, the same unending noise. It was so loud that I could not tell if I had a headache or if it was just the pounding of the drums.I was becoming desperate. Surely they have to sleep sometime, they can't go without sleep for the third night in a row can they? The short answer...they can. First thing in the morning, the speakers were cranked up to even louder levels, and the whole crowd went to work, digging up tapioca in the fields above our house.This morning we asked Thunduh if this is legal for them to do, and she told us that she thinks that it is. Our hearts are sick. How can we lead children to God with this going on day after day and night after night? Before, we only had to listen to it when they got their batteries charged, and it didn't last more than an hour or so. But now, they put in electricity and they play it almost all the time. We realize that we need to leave this place, unless God intervenes somehow. But where do we go? Where can we find a home large enough for all of our children?The good news is that we have been in impossible situations before. We know that when God allows things like this to happen, he gives us something better. No, I have not totally given up yet...God could take out their electricity pretty easy, or something could happen to let us stay. We can trust our lives and our children to God. Please pray that God would show us what to do soon so that we, and our children can rest.PS- We found out today that it was a funeral that was causing all the excess noise, so it should not be a nightly thing. But, the parties and the daytime rock music are getting worse even when there are no funerals. The hill behind us used to be jungle, but it has all been cut down and there is a village started back there, with lots of people coming and going. It is like living in a fish bowl since we are in a valley. So, we will continue to pray about what to do next.