It's Friday morning here in Nyankunde. We're packing up our bags and getting ready to jump in the car and head to Bunia where we'll catch our MAF flight to Entebbe, Uganda, then on to Chad to spend the next week with Margit Moody.
Our time here has been amazing. We've taken hundreds of pictures, had endless conversations with Dixes and Witmers, become well acquainted with the work that has been going on here for many, many years. We've also met some wonderful local pastors, teachers, doctors, nurses, students, and local village people. And countless children! In the past week, I've taught five times and been translated into French and Swahili. We've stayed in the city (Bunia) and traveled through villages, and spent the past few days on a well established mission station. It's all been wonderful.
We have also seen the devastation of war and heard stories of God's faithfulness in the midst of hardship, bloodshed, and tribal conflict. Slowly, life is beginning to return to normal, although "normal" will be very different than before the war.
Sue and I are grateful for your many notes and comments that remind us that you are praying for us. These next couple of days will be long and tedious. We will sleep tonight on a bench in the Entebbe airport in order to catch a very early morning flight to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on our way to N'djamena, Chad. We're discovering that one of the great challenges in Africa is traveling from one place to another. So pray for endurance, strength, and joy in the journey. My message this morning to the hospital staff and workers here (about 100 people altogether) was from Hebrews 12:1-3, and the reminder to look to Jesus, "so that you may not grow weary or lose heart." That's our encouragement to you as well. Look to Jesus. Pray that we'll do the same.
Our time here has been amazing. We've taken hundreds of pictures, had endless conversations with Dixes and Witmers, become well acquainted with the work that has been going on here for many, many years. We've also met some wonderful local pastors, teachers, doctors, nurses, students, and local village people. And countless children! In the past week, I've taught five times and been translated into French and Swahili. We've stayed in the city (Bunia) and traveled through villages, and spent the past few days on a well established mission station. It's all been wonderful.
We have also seen the devastation of war and heard stories of God's faithfulness in the midst of hardship, bloodshed, and tribal conflict. Slowly, life is beginning to return to normal, although "normal" will be very different than before the war.
Sue and I are grateful for your many notes and comments that remind us that you are praying for us. These next couple of days will be long and tedious. We will sleep tonight on a bench in the Entebbe airport in order to catch a very early morning flight to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on our way to N'djamena, Chad. We're discovering that one of the great challenges in Africa is traveling from one place to another. So pray for endurance, strength, and joy in the journey. My message this morning to the hospital staff and workers here (about 100 people altogether) was from Hebrews 12:1-3, and the reminder to look to Jesus, "so that you may not grow weary or lose heart." That's our encouragement to you as well. Look to Jesus. Pray that we'll do the same.
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