Greetings!! I must first apologize for my lack of blogging over the past 2 months. Honestly, things have been pretty rough for us and quite frankly, I just didn't feel like blogging about it. It was hard enough living it out every day and to write about it just wasn't an option. So, please forgive me.
So, I want to explain the title of this blog, "We've arrived" I wish I could say that it means that we have arrived at mastering the Bamabra language. However, I think we could live in Africa for 25 years and never feel that we have arrived at that point. Even though a few weeks ago we did take a language test and we both passed. Praise the Lord for this!! The evaluators told both of us that we have become Bambara, what a compliment!! We were thrilled and we Praise God for blessing us with the ability to learn and speak another language!! He truly will equip us to what He calls us to!!
So, back to the title and it's meaning... It means we've arrived, as in we went on a trip and we have arrived at our destination. So where exactly is that destination?........
AMERICA!!!! That's right, we're in America!! We got in last Wednesday night, after about 25 hours of traveling. It was an extremely long day but God helped us get through. Zeke was a trooper too. God blessed us with so many blessings along the way. Like, getting a whole row to ourselves on our first flight of 5 1/2 hours. Zeke slept pretty much the whole first flight. Then getting 3 seats instead of 2 on our second flight of 9 1/2 hours. Then, Zeke slept 5 hours out of the 9 1/2 hours we were in air! Then on the last flight of 45 minutes, Zeke slept the whole way!! Is God good or what? Once again, we give God all the glory and Praise Him for such smooth travels!!
So, what are we doing here? Well, we are here on vacation and a time to rest and get refreshed. Like I said earlier, things have been rough and we needed a break. We had originally planned to be home for 3 weeks at Christmas time but we realized that 3 weeks and at Christmas would not give us the break or the rest that we needed. We got approval to extend our stay and we'll be home for 2 months. Then we'll return to Africa and finish the task God has called us to.
We want to thank all of you who regularly check our blog and pray for us. Please, don't write us off yet. We're still here and still plan on keeping up with the blog!! Things you can be praying about:
1. Our believer's in D-village. We gave them a device called a mega voice before we left. On the mega voice are quite a few Bible Stories (50 or more, I can't remember). Pray that they would meet regularly and listen to the stories. Pray that they would continue to grow in their faith.
2. Our time in the states. Pray that we get lots of rest and rejuvenation. Pray that God would give us His eyes as we prepare to go back to Mali in January.
Also, I want to send a BIG, HUGE HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY wish to my wonderfully amazing husband!!
Thank you again for your prayers! Until next time...
