June Update
posted by Jesse on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 4:12 pm
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Wow, what a busy month! In the last letter we told you about the move into the house, and this month we have been working hard trying to make that house into our home. Although we knew it would be a long process, we are amazed at just how long it has taken so far. We have been told by other missionaries here, however, that we are making lots of progress.
Other than getting settled into the house, we’ve also been very involved in ministry opportunities. A few weeks ago, Tiffany made the observation that every time one of us goes outside our gate, it seems that within just a few minutes there are 20 or more kids gathered around just to see the funny looking white people. So, two weeks ago on a Saturday morning we started a weekly kid’s program. What’s very encouraging is to see the involvement of a few people from the Baptist church closest to our house. They have learned to run the whole thing themselves and they are doing it all in Kabiyé, which is the local dialect spoken here.
Speaking of Kabiyé, please pray for our continuation of language learning. I hope to begin Kabiyé lessons in about one month from now. I’ve been told that it’s a pretty difficult language, but I truly believe it’s necessary for us to learn it in order to be most effective in our ministry here.
Joshua is doing great, as always. He seems to not have skipped a beat in coming to Togo and adjusting to life here. Thank you to all of you who have prayed specifically for him during this transition. He is very interested in learning French now, since most of his communication to his little friends comes in the form of English words pronounced with a French accent. It’s quite humorous to hear!
I must confess that due to the overall busyness of life lately, I’ve done a horrible job lately at keeping you updated through our blog. I have had many people asking for pictures and video of various things here, so during this coming month I hope to have those all on the website for you. By the way, for those of you who previously had problems with it, the site is now fixed and should be accessible. Remember, you can always sign up to get all our blog updates automatically by email.
Thank you for your prayer and support!
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