It is official. We are in the process to head back to serve at the Hopital Baptiste Biblique in Tskio, Togo.
Ummm. . . Surprise!?!?
Now, there is still much to be done. There are many details to be worked out. There are many large hurdles yet to overcome. There are thousands of dollars that need to be committed to this venture. There are many prayers to be prayed. But the cool thing is we have a God who can handle all of this - and more. He loves us. He loves us when we answer His call to serve. He loves us when we send people to serve. He LOVES blowing us away with how He works out every detail. He will work out all of the details better than we ever could.
We don't have a definitive timeline yet. However, there are a number of things that keep pointing us to arriving in the autumn months.
We have completed all of the the required training courses for the mission agency, ABWE. We are working on strengthening our French language speaking (and having competitive DuoLingo duels during the evenings!). We are beginning to raise the necessary monetary support to get all five of us over to Togo - and keep us there for a couple of years.
We would covet the support of friends and family. There will be both financial and monetary support required. Would you be willing to keep us in your prayers whenever you think of us?
To show how much financial support we have raised (and how much further we have to go) we are pleased to introduce our version of the Weston's Snake. For us, it's a map of the road from the airport in Lome all the way to the hospital just outside the village of Tsiko (remember, it's pronounced Chee-Ko).
A trip of 154km (give or a take a couple, depending on where you hit the start and stop buttons) heading north from the capital city on the coast, up along the Ghana border. We'll update the 'road' to show how close we are getting to our destination.
Christine will again be working in the hospital and teaching in the nursing school. Outside of hospital work she will be working on the boys' schooling and other activities around the compound.
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| A difficult C-section reveals its reward! |
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| Training the next class of nursing students |
Derek will be helping John and his crew with the maintenance side of things around the hospital and other buildings, houses and equipment around the compound.
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| Working at keeping the bugs out! |
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| Keeping water where it should be... |
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| And growing alongside other missionaries and the local Togolese who work at the hospital. |
Expect more updates as we clear some of the hurdles that are in the path before us. This is going to be an interesting road to travel!!
(Oh, by the way... KW - you rock! Thanks very much!)
