Two Months
It's so hard to believe that in a little over two months I will be home! This spring has gone by so fast. While I am looking forward to being with friends and family again, it will also be extremely hard to leave.
I just wanted to update you on what these next two months will look like for me. On April 30th, we will be expecting the International President, Chris Clark, and his family for a quick 8 day trip. He will be spending most of his time in Banta. So when he comes we will be with him in Banta and then we plan to stay on until around May 21st or 22nd. Sarah is expecting two of her friends for a visit on May 25th to June 18th. We will be entertaining them by introducing them to the various NGO's that operate in Sierra Leone, giving them an overview of COTN, taking them to the beach, spending a week in Banta(which will be our last week there), and taking them to all the sights:)! Arlene, our coordinator, will be arriving in country on June 1st with a short-term team that will stay until June 15th. After they leave we will have our good-bye party, our final debriefing, etc. Then on June 25th we will board the helicopter to the airport(which is on a peninsula), board a plane and be off.
As you can see there will be many things that I will need your prayers for over these next two months. Preparation to leave--mentally, physically, emotionally. Preparing the children and our departure. Wrapping things up at school with the teachers-- that the impact we have made will continue to take root and grow in them. Coming home and starting life again. Also for Fatu, the little girl we brought back from up-country, she will be having her surgery on April 24th, please pray for her as it will be a fairly painful procedure with extensive rehab and physical therapy.
I hope that this entry finds you all well. I am always blown away when my mom tells me how many people are checking this blog. It is humbling and also so exciting to be able to give you a little look into the lives of the people of Sierra Leone. It is my prayer that even as I come home, that you will continue to carry Sierra Leone in your hearts and lift the country up in prayer. Bikaway(the strongest form of thank-you found in the Mende language, spoken in Banta).
I just wanted to update you on what these next two months will look like for me. On April 30th, we will be expecting the International President, Chris Clark, and his family for a quick 8 day trip. He will be spending most of his time in Banta. So when he comes we will be with him in Banta and then we plan to stay on until around May 21st or 22nd. Sarah is expecting two of her friends for a visit on May 25th to June 18th. We will be entertaining them by introducing them to the various NGO's that operate in Sierra Leone, giving them an overview of COTN, taking them to the beach, spending a week in Banta(which will be our last week there), and taking them to all the sights:)! Arlene, our coordinator, will be arriving in country on June 1st with a short-term team that will stay until June 15th. After they leave we will have our good-bye party, our final debriefing, etc. Then on June 25th we will board the helicopter to the airport(which is on a peninsula), board a plane and be off.
As you can see there will be many things that I will need your prayers for over these next two months. Preparation to leave--mentally, physically, emotionally. Preparing the children and our departure. Wrapping things up at school with the teachers-- that the impact we have made will continue to take root and grow in them. Coming home and starting life again. Also for Fatu, the little girl we brought back from up-country, she will be having her surgery on April 24th, please pray for her as it will be a fairly painful procedure with extensive rehab and physical therapy.
I hope that this entry finds you all well. I am always blown away when my mom tells me how many people are checking this blog. It is humbling and also so exciting to be able to give you a little look into the lives of the people of Sierra Leone. It is my prayer that even as I come home, that you will continue to carry Sierra Leone in your hearts and lift the country up in prayer. Bikaway(the strongest form of thank-you found in the Mende language, spoken in Banta).
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