Time is flying......

Wow, I can't believe it.....next month we will have been in Africa for 1 year! Time flys when you are having fun! :) I can say that it has been both a hard and rewarding time. The times of homesickness is becoming less and Abidjan is starting to feel more like home.

Hope everyone enjoyed their Labor Day weekend! Here in Abidjan it was french learning as usual, for some reason they don't celebrate all the US holidays! :) Jon and I are sitting home alone wondering what we ever did before we had Autumn. She is on her way to the states to spend a few weeks with her grandparents and family. I know they are very excited to see her, and I am already missing her! Being across the ocean from her is such a different level than sending her from Missouri to Arkansas for a week! But we know that God is good and He will watch over her! Any of you guys in Piggott that see her the next few weeks, give her a big hug for us!

As I said, french is continuing....we have a language teacher 5 days a week, 2 hours a day. The rest of the time we spend studying or out in the community practicing. The other day when I met a young girl I introduced myself and.....she giggled! Ok, I didn't say anything funny! Oh well, I guess that I will never loose that southern accent! You can pray for our upcoming evaluation in October, we really pray that we will be at our level by spring.

The storying group has been going well.......this past Sunday we had 9 guys! Wow, that was great! They are really getting out there and sharing their stories and inviting people. Pray that God will make it clear who is becoming the leader of the group. You can also pray as Jon is planning on taking one of the guys to a village in a month or so for evangelism.

Thank you for praying for my muslim friend. She has been real open to hear the stories. She has been visiting my house often lately, and I am thankful that she trusts me enough to call me a friend. Pray that God will work in her heart as I continue to tell her about the love of Jesus.

God Bless,

Teresa