WE'RE HOME!!

Yay! We made it! After a very long, uneventful day, we finally drove into our village. It was such a great feeling to see little children peeking out of their homes as we passed by. They all began to jump up and down saying, "Annie." We had a few visitors the minute we pulled up, but the one that was the most excited was our dog, Coco. Even Greg, who doesn't exactly LOVE her, felt sorry for her as she was starving! She ate and ate and ate whatever we gave her. Annie's few friends hugged her and were so excited to see that she seemed normal.

We had one of our friends, who we think could be a witch, greet us. Her first words were, "God is protecting your family because of your faith." She couldn't believe how well Annie was doing and kept saying, " It is because of your sacrifices, that God is taking care of your family." We felt that this was an immediate answer to prayer. When this first happened she wanted us to take Annie to a healer and have eggs rubbed on her. (That is what many witches do here.) So we are already seeing God open the eyes of people here. Please pray we will see a lot more answered prayers over the next few days.

We were welcomed with a very colorful sign that some other missionary friends had put on our house. Annie was very excited about this! Thank you Morris' and Rices!

Going Home!

After 5 and a half weeks, 8 different beds, 3 different countries and a lot of prayer, we
are finally headed back home. We are very excited and ready to go home. We are a little anxious about all of the unknowns, however we know that God has walked with us through every minute of the past 5 weeks and He will do the same once we return to the village.

I have just sent out our monthly newsletter and if you would like to be added to our mass email, please let us know and we will add you to our list. I am going to combine our prayers for Annie and the prayers we need for our people and put both on here. This is the end of one chapter in this journey and the start of chapter two.

This first chapter was all about how God will bless you through every difficult day in your life. It was about hurting and healing and God answering prayer.

This second chapter will write itself as we live out every day in our indigenous village. The first part will be about how our people group welcome us back home. I am sure there will be many pictures of all of our friends loving on us. It will be about how Annie has become a way for us to share Christ with many.

So, please continue to pray for Annie as she has a lot of discoloration and that will probably take a while for it to fade. We are just hoping and praying that it will all fade. Until chapter 2, we love you!