A note about donations

Hello family and friends,
By now most of you will have received thank you cards from Ellen. For those of you who have not, I’m sorry they haven’t reached you yet – she had them all written before she was to go away but they were set aside in the shuffle when the trip didn’t happen [...]

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Quick update

Ellen’s visa did not arrive in time for her to get on the plane this morning. She wants to take some time to gather her thoughts and update you all later. I can tell you that we are able to hold her tickets for future travel, so after we take some time to regroup, we’ll [...]

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Not this time

Hi everyone,
There’s so much to say but my thoughts are still so scattered!…I’ll try to get it all down.
Thank you all for your prayers and words of encouragement. All the emails and phone messages were very precious to me, and they ministered to my heart in such a special way!
Yesterday, when we knew I wouldn’t [...]

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On our way

Dear Friends,
Now we are off for Portland where I’ll catch my first flight tomorrow.
Everything has gone so well so far–everything is packed and ready to go. I took my first malaria pill today: it was a bit chalky and tasteless. I think that’s a good thing, because I’ll be taking it for the next two [...]

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Passport

Dear friends,
PRAISE GOD! My passport arrived today. We immediately sent it off to get the Liberian visa. At this rate, it will probably be arriving the morning of my departure (we are having it sent straight to the hotel by the airport in Portland). It’s in God hands and I’ll trust His sovereignty.
We’ll be spending [...]

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