good-bye for now

We are leaving, Jesse has photos and a sermon of Randy's, and some updates from a while back to post... hassle him until he gets them up!

We will not have internet for a few days after we get back to Jui... we need to get a new modem and plan.

Thank you for your prayers.  We know they matter!

last night in Indiana

This is it... our last night in Indiana for a few years (two or three or so!)  We are having a good time visiting with family and friends, but we still have lots and lots to do before we fly on Tuesday.  The container that was shipped last week should arrive not too long after we do, so that will keep Randy extremely busy.

It has been a great time meeting the very young Fennig offspring... our nephews have fun kids, one is next to me right now, so this will be very short.

The container ships tomorrow

The container is packed... Mongo, Randy and Jesse took three days to do what they hoped would take only one, but the end result is we have a great deal more farm equipment on the way to Sierra Leone.  And we were able to get a few books packed and some dry food stuffs for the men who will be working there in August and September.  Thank you for praying for them.

Now we are back in Indiana sitting on Terry and Steve's porch this time.  Dorothy is reading a book I loaned her long ago, Katey is trying to reach Leah, and I am wondering when I will be this cool and comfortable again!?!  The days have been so beautiful it is like a dream.  There is a nest of baby birds chirping away just over our heads, and the evening could not be prettier.

I finally got to the store to buy small size boys things for Bakaar.  He is the 9 year old I am helping to get through school there in Jui.  I am looking forward to seeing all the people we left behind, but somehow leaving here does not get easier each time, it is harder and harder.  We would love to be in two or three places at once, and Katey certainly feels the same.  She now misses Mozambique, Sierra Leone, and Indiana all at once!  It has been a very good five weeks.

time to go...

We are two weeks from leaving, I am sitting on Pam and Barry's porch as the sky grows darker and the pinks and yellows fade.  There are no malaria carrying mosquitos consuming us, just a calico cat curled up on the chair nearby.  This place is beautiful and we love it.  

We have seen many of our friends and family and visited only a few churches, and we still need to do so much before we go.  Two weeks from tonight we are back on the airplane headed for Freetown and the friends we have made there.

Tomorrow Katey and I will head south to Indianapolis for dinner with Andy and KJ and little Lucy before we meet Dorothy at the airport.  Randy, Jesse and Mongo will be heading north to pack the combine into the container in Marlette MI.  After that we head back to Xenia, and we hope to find That Guy in Springfield on Friday if he will write!