Some good news to write about!
Our launch date has been moved up! Two weeks ago we were asked if we could be ready to go to Guinea by January 18th and we decided it was doable! It's been a flurry of activity as we have rushed around to get all our affairs in order, but we are so thrilled to be leaving sooner than we thought! We will leave Indiana around the 10th, see Brandon's parents in Senegal for a few days while we obtain visas and shots and then head down to Guinea for a conference and the launch of the BAM (Business as Missions) program there.
This earlier departure date will allow us to overlap with the missionaries who are already there preparing this program before they come back to the states for a years furlough in June. It will also allow us to be there for the launch date and be in on the "ground floor," so to speak, of the program.
We will return to the States for a training session the first two weeks of April in Colorado. From there we will return back to Indiana where we will stay until we have finished raising enough funds to go back to Guinea for another 9 or 10 months to finish up the year term we committed to.
We are very excited about this new timetable and have seen all the benefits it has to offer. It has definitely made the holiday time all the more hectic, but we feel it will be well worth it.
Please keep us in your prayers as we have a few weeks left before we fly out. Please pray:
1. For all the details of travel to be worked out (visas, shots, airline tickets, safety, etc.)
2. For Hannah's health while we travel and live overseas
3. For the ministry we will be a part of: that we will bless those we work with
4. For the transition from US culture to African culture
Thank you for your continued support toward our trip. And hopefully the next post will be from Guinea!
