{"id":180,"date":"2002-11-13T14:20:32","date_gmt":"2002-11-13T13:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greetings.gillespiesonline.com\/?p=180"},"modified":"2002-11-13T14:20:32","modified_gmt":"2002-11-13T13:20:32","slug":"we-survived-week-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobgillespie.org\/?p=180","title":{"rendered":"We survived Week 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tonight Bob and I will have been here for one week, although it feels longer than that.  We’ve jumped right in; Bob is teaching his classes this week and I’m substituting for the computer teacher all week as she finishes last year’s yearbook.<\/font><\/p>\n

We find that the house we’ve moved into is just temporary as the school wants to get rid of it – too noisy and dirty (being so close to the major highway).  All the car exhaust leaves black gritty dust everywhere. As Dakar Academy hasn’t been able to locate anything else yet, we’re not sure how long this ‘temporary’ housing will last.  We’ve decided to settle in anyhow since we don’t like living out of our rubbermaid containers.<\/font><\/p>\n

A few of our ICA men were able to return to the ICA campus last week and found that our ‘stuff’ is still there.  Our ICA director is in the process of trying to get the UN people stationed in the Ivory Coast to move to our campus when the French leave (imminent).  This will continue the protection that the French have given our campus so far.  Please pray that this can be worked out.<\/font><\/p>\n

We’ve also received news that we need to move our car from where it’s sitting in Abidjan.  That’s kind of difficult for us to manage from here; we’re trying to work through our field director and people who are still in Abidjan to accomplish this.  Please pray that we find another safe place for our ‘escape pod’.<\/font><\/p>\n

We thank you for your prayers and value them even more now that we’ve seen what you can accomplish at the throne.  We’ll be thinking of you tonight.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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