Abidjan, finally!!

Our first Christmas tree in Africa!

Snowflake

Day at the beach

It feels great to finally be in the city that God has called us to! We really like Abidjan. It is much different than Bamako. When we got off the plane we saw grass, it was great! It is much hotter here because of the humidity, but they say we will get use to it someday! ;-)

As many of you know, Jon got sick the second day we was here and spent most of the day in the emergency room. He had malaria symptoms but the test came back negative. The doctor said it sometimes takes 24 hours for the results to show so he went ahead and treated him for malaria. After losing two days (he can't remember much about that weekend), he was doing much better and we had a good Christmas with the other missionaries.

It was a very different Christmas this year. We were homesick to see family, but God was faithful to send us a great group of people to spend the day with and Autumn even got a rabbit for Christmas! On Christmas eve our guard found one roaming down the street so he put it in the yard to see if anyone came looking for it. Well, no one has and now Autumn has her first pet in Africa! She named it Snowflake (wishful thinking!), and the silly thing is already spoiled!

The day after Christmas we headed to the beach for the day! I bet most of you didn't get to do that! ;-) Abidjan is a coastal city on the Atlantic Ocean.

Abidjan is huge and the driving is just as crazy here as it was in Bamako. Jon says it is better because you don't have all the motos, but there are many more vehicles here! And there is no lines on the road...people just drive where they feel like it. I just don't know if I will ever get use to this! We have been learning our way around (with the help of our teammates) and can finally get to some places alone. We will start back with a french tutor next week, this week we are shopping around for all the things we need to get settled in. I was amazed the first time we went shopping! Abidjan has malls and they have about anything you would like!

When we get our home set up we will post some pictures. Leave us a comment to let us know what is going on with you.

Happy New Year,

Teresa