In the last post, we mentioned that we discovered a young lady here in Redding that taught at Dakar Academy last year. Isn't God great! We had lunch with her yesterday and got lots of great advice about what to bring and what to leave. We found out that there is a local market/grocery store about a 5 minute walk from the campus. Praise the Lord!
But God was not done with us on Friday. A couple that is supporting us financially wanted to take us to dinner, so we met them at a local restaurant. We got there early and because there were 9 of us, we had to wait while they set up the table. I went to hold the door open for an elderly woman with a walker and by the time I returned to the waiting area, Candace had become best friends with a young lady who was leaving (How this happened I have no idea. I was gone literally less than a minute). Anyway, it turns out this young lady had just returned from a year in India as a missionary and is raising funds to return. Ok, meeting another missionary in a restaurant in Redding,CA is not that strange, right? Well, it gets better. I happen to know a missionary in India. We grew up in the same church together in Ohio and even went to her homecoming together. But that was 25 years ago in Ohio and India is a big place. But, of course, who was this girl's language teacher in India? Of course, Shelley. The body of Christ is a small family is it not?
We have not raised all of the financial support we need, but if you are already supporting us, I'd like to give a shout out to Paul and Shelley Somsel serving in India through Christar! I'm sure they could use some support as well.
Time is growing short! I will be returning to Omaha a week from tomorrow and we are leaving for Dakar in 12 days. Wow! Pray that I can fit all of this stuff in our remaining baggage allowance. That will be a miracle on the order of the fishes and the loaves:)
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