Voting is over, counting is not

On Saturday I received a few text messages from friends in Sierra Leone to say that they had voted and everything had gone well. The process so far has been peaceful and after talking to a couple friends on the phone today it still remains that way. Karen talked to both Joe and Peter at Jonathan House, who also told her that everything has gone well and things at Jonathan House are peaceful as well- well as peaceful as it can be with a hundred kids running around.

Even though the vote is over it will still be sometime before we know the results. Paper voting is not a thing of the past everywhere. Hopefully within a week we will know who the president is and of course I will let you know (or if you find out first let me know).

More good news, David had to have a physical before getting his Visa from the embassy. Long story short, seeing the doctor and getting into the embassy while it was open for visas was a long shot, but our God is good. Roger and David will be able to get the visa Wednesday and come home later in the week (instead of having to wait until September).

Two more days

The election is in two days. I know how anxious I am to have it be over I can only imagine how everyone in Salone is feeling. Politics and I don't mix too well. I do follow things here when it is time for elections, but just enough to know who I would like to vote for. Lately I have checked the news daily, read what is posted about each candidate and their policies, and even listened to a debate on the BBC website. Which was interesting enough trying to decipher what each was saying with their heavy accents as well as thinking about the different priorities that carry weight in Africa, but not so much here. I cannot say how thankful I am that I am not called to be a politician. How great is it that I am not the one in control of all of this.

Tomorrow Roger Hatch (director of Jonathan House and lives in Iowa) will be leaving to go pick up his son David and bring him home. This has been a long adoption process and we are all excited to finally have him here. When we were at JH with David, Ron and Dylan (who were with us on the trip) were telling David they were going to take him out for Pizza when he came to America. (So you understand- they do speak English, but it is British English with a heavy Africa accent.) David told them No. "You will like Pizza." they said. Again David told them No. "Why don't you want to try Pizza?" they asked. "Because Pizza denied Jesus three times." I guess our Pizza sounds a lot like Peter.
This is all happening over the elections so pray for everyones safety in this as well. (and Yes I do wish I was going with Roger)

I'll write again as soon as I know the results of the elections.