Have I ever told you how hot it is in West Africa??

We are roasting here in Abidjan!! We are in the hottest months and to top it off they are shutting off the electricity alot! They have some repairs to be done and they said it will take 3 -4 months. This past week we had two days without electricity for 9 1/2 hours each and another day for 6 hours. Of course, it could always be worse and we are trying (sometimes it is hard:) to have a good attitude about it! We decided that we chose our vacation at a good time....at least we will miss one month of the hot weather without electricity.

As many of you know, we had to cancel our friends trip to Abidjan this past week. That was a very hard decision for us, but because of all that was going on we thought it would be best. Currently, everything is looking up here and we can get out of the house! I think we all was starting to go stir-crazy in this house! Jon apparently thought it was his job to entertain us.....boy, was I ready to get out! ;)

Now, we are counting down to our visit to the states.....it will be here before long! We are going to be ready to rest our bodies and brains! No one can speak any french to us while we are there! ;) And after we return in May, we should be refreshed and ready to start our second language.

Continue to pray for the relationships that we have here. We still believe that God is going to move in the hearts of the people here.

Teresa