Returning to Cote d'Ivoire was such a privilege... Spending 2 1/2 weeks with my dear host family and friends in Niakara, as well as touring to visit most of the Journeyers in their respective towns and villages. We kept saying that it hardly felt like I had left. Six months went by in a flash. And yet, there were many changes and happenings that occurred throughout the last six months in the lives of the Journeyers. They are well-integrated in their families and communities. Some of them have new routines and projects... take Katie and Najo, for example, who are both shadowing midwives at their local hospitals. All of them are speaking French...and some of them have already picked up Dioula or Senoufou...some local languages. What a joy it was to chat with the Journeyers about the ups and downs of life in an Ivorian family... and the refining interpersonal challenges of team life and Christian community. We can all thank God for His faithfulness and provision to the Journeyers throughout the last 9 months. They have just a couple of months remaining - Would you please join me in praying that God would give them the strength to finish well?
My beautiful family greets you! They are all doing well... the boys are growing up quickly, my sisters are busy with school and work, my mom is doing daily field work, and my dad is traveling around the country for his sales job. Life back with them was more than a "visit" ... it was simply folding back into the day-to-day ... sitting around the courtyard, making meals, sweeping the house, pulling water from the well.
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