Jon & Autumn before Easter services
Autumn & I with JolieHey everyone!
I pray that you had a blessed Resurrection Sunday! We worshipped with other African believers at a local church and afterwards enjoyed a fellowship meal. We were the typical American Baptists...we went to CFC (Country Fried Chicken...real close to KFC;) and bought some good fried chicken! The chicken didn't last long! We were talking last night about our attitude when we first arrived at church. Truthfully, none of us was real excited about going because we knew that it would be another long service in french that we wouldn't understand. But during worship God showed us these Africans had such joy (shown in their singing and dancing;-); and that we could worship even if we don't understand all that is being said.
This is a sad month for us here in Abidjan. We have 5 families that will be leaving the next few weeks. These people have become family and we will miss them greatly! They have taken us in and made us feel welcome. They will be serving in different areas and we hope to get to visit them someday. They told us in ILC that the life of a missionary is a life of goodbyes....I really didn't realize how true this was until arriving on the field. But now some good news, we have learned that we will be having an addition to our team this October. Our team mates, Mike and Heather, are expecting their third child. We are very excited for them, and hope to get the opportunity to babysit! ;-)
This is a sad month for us here in Abidjan. We have 5 families that will be leaving the next few weeks. These people have become family and we will miss them greatly! They have taken us in and made us feel welcome. They will be serving in different areas and we hope to get to visit them someday. They told us in ILC that the life of a missionary is a life of goodbyes....I really didn't realize how true this was until arriving on the field. But now some good news, we have learned that we will be having an addition to our team this October. Our team mates, Mike and Heather, are expecting their third child. We are very excited for them, and hope to get the opportunity to babysit! ;-)
We are going to the beach for a couple days in the morning. We excited for this time to relax. We will take a lot of pictures and will post them next time!
Send us a line to let us know how things are with you.
Blessings,
Teresa
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