Our first trimester is officially over today and everyone is breathing a sigh of relief. Students are excited as parents are arriving to pick them up for a nice 5-week break. They won’t return until after the new year.
We leave at 4:00 in the morning tomorrow for a missions trip in Gao, Mail, and should be traveling all day on Thanksgiving day. We won’t even be in touch with anyone by phone or e-mail – not the way we would choose to spend Thanksgiving. But since we are caravanning with others, we need to fit in with their schedule. I’m not sure if we’ll be anywhere near e-mail for the next 2 weeks, although I will be able to check my mail if I can find an internet connection. You know I will definitely be looking. If you don’t receive a Wednesday Update in the coming 2 weeks, you’ll know I wasn’t successful.
Thank you for thinking of us and for praying for us at this time. Please pray for our safety as we travel, as well as the safety for all the students and their families as they will also be traveling in the next few days. Some of them have 3-day trips ahead of them before they reach their remote stations.