God is answering your prayers.

As we look over the list of things we have asked you to pray for in the last month, we are full of praise at how God has answered those prayers. Specifically:

– we safely arrived in Niamey on June 30th. Because our trip took 4 days instead of 2, we enjoyed spending time with friends in Dakar along the way.

– we found a house and are busily cleaning, painting, installing screens and fans, fixing plumbing, putting in kitchen cupboards, etc. Our goal is to be living in the house before school starts on Aug. 14th.

– we flew to Bamako, Mali, and drove our car back here to Niamey within mishap. That\’s almost 1000 miles, 150 of which were through the desert. Sometimes the road disappeared and we were very thankful for our GPS. Other times it was all too clear – like when we got stuck in the sand. We\’re thankful for the \’desert dwellers\’ who appeared out of nowhere to help dig us out.  We\’re now making our way through a different obstacle course – all the paperwork to make our car legal here in Niger.

Thank you for praying us through these things.

Don Carson, retired missionary who has returned to Mali to oversee the EBM guesthouse for a year, shared this in his recent newsletter: \”Many of our present missionaries were MK\’s (missionary kids) when we were out here in the 60\’s, 70\’s, 80\’s and 90\’s. Now, they are the career missionaries.\” Once again, we were reminded of the importance of this ministry to MK\’s. We are indeed Training the Next Generation of career missionaries.

Thank you for partnering with us in this ministry.