It's been a long time........

Sorry that it has been so long since the last post!! It has been the usual around here, we sometimes feel like we are never going to get out of french learning! Of course, that is probably right....even when we reach our level; we will still keep learning. As most people learning another language, we have days that we think, "Wow, I'm starting to get this," and then there are the other days (which we seem to have more of :) when we say, "I have almost been here for a year and this is all I can say!!" But we have to go back and look where we was when we arrived on the field.....we couldn't even say hi! But now we can carry on a conversation (sometimes it might sound like a 3 year old:), we are sharing the gospel, and can actually have a small conversation on the telephone (wow, that one is hard!). It may take us FOREVER to make our level, but God has been faithful to us and has allowed us to minister while we are learning!

Autumn has returned from the states. She had a really great time with family! I don't think she forgot the name of one restaurant that she ate at while she was there.....she rubbed everyone of them in! But we did send an empty suitcase with her, and she brought it back filled with goodies that we can not find in Abidjan. It was like an early Christmas present! I was told that I would be more homesick while she was gone, and they was right! I was a little jealous that I didn't get to see family and friends, eat all that good food, and go to Walmart! God willing, we will all be on a plane next summer and will enjoy the states for a short time!

We did have some excitement in West Africa this week! Our team mates, Mike and Heather, welcomed a baby boy, Benjamin! We haven't got to meet him yet because they had to travel to another country for the birth, but we hope they will arrive back in Abidjan within the next month. It will be exciting to have a little one around!

Enjoy your fall like weather! Wow, I miss this time of the year....it's my favorite! It is beginning to heat up around here, no chance of a white Christmas! :)

Love,

Teresa