Jolie's visa ;-)
Autumn, Louise & Jolie
Jon & AutumnSorry that it has been so long since we blogged! Nothing new and exciting has been happening in Abidjan. We are still in french classes and it is still raining! Sunday we are going to the beach in Ghana for 5 days. We are really excited to vacation in a English speaking country! 8 1/2 months of French and we are exhausted! (mentally and physically) We have hit a time where we can't seem to get caught up on rest and our brain is mush (when you are studying french in your dreams....it is bad ;-), so we decided that it is time to relax. After all the work just to get into Ghana, we are going to need a vacation from our vacation! First, we had to get visas to Ghana and then we needed updated visas to get back into Cote d'Ivoire. And since Autumn doesn't think we can go on vacation without the puppy....there was a vet visit for a certificate of health (we call it Jolie's visa;), buying a dog carrier and supplies and giving her a haircut. There was tons of paperwork for the vehicle, etc. We are very thankful for our missions office that completed alot of the paperwork for us! Now, if we can make through all the road stops then we are beach bound!
We are beginning to build some relationships in Abidjan. We still have the Tuesday afternoon storying group and it is going well. Jon has been doing a great job learning the stories in french, and I even took a week of telling the story last week! My story wasn't long...but you can only imagine how hard it is to memorize a Bible passage in another language! But this is greatly increasing our Biblical vocabulary. Above you can see a picture of Autumn and Louise. Louise is a friend of ours that makes some really great African meals! She loves Jolie and believe me Jolie is always waiting at the door for her! Most Africans are scared of dogs, and Louise was a little afraid of Jolie at first until she realized the most Jolie would do is lick her to death!
We had a great 4th of July! We attended a picnic at the US Embassy on Saturday. We met many other Americans, and lot of them was missionaries from other agencies. Autumn also met another teenage girl. They hung out for about 3 hours and I think Autumn is going to spend some time with her after we get back from our vacation. That is an answered prayer!
Prayer requests:
1. Our border crossings
2. health
3. and of course.....french!
Thank you for all the prayers!
Teresa
1 comment:
Have fun! Wish we were joining you. Take good notes and if you like it we can plan one together next time.
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