"Man cannot live by bread alone ..." - by Karen

I just talked with my family this morning - they are all upbeat and having a great time! Mark said that this is the most primitive place he has ever been - including the Middle East three years ago. As our church commissioned Mark, Kari and Amy for the trip last week, Mark wore his "Sunday Clothes". In Bo, everyone has Sunday Clothes, not necessarily a fancy outfit - but one outfit that they keep clean and nice for church to honor God. Today he put his Sunday outfit on and had some concerns that his pants may not stay where they are supposed to!! They have bread for breakfast everyday - and I guess Mark has been having bread for other meals as well. He is having trouble getting usedta meals where all of the chicken is cooked - etc. He says the food is good, and someone brought a delicious pineapple yesterday. Anyway less food and lotsa heat are combining to create a slimmed down Mark. He is having a minor health issue that seems to be resolving so please keep him in your prayers. The fence posts still haven't arrived so they are working on the perimeter of the fence.

The Neck Coolers are a real blessing as Amy said it is HOT there!! And she found a new use for her's - it is holding her Capri's up! She swears they fit when she left! I'm beginning to think I'm getting a whole new family when they come back!! Amy and Kari enjoy helping with the kids the most - but they also help with laundry, picking rice, getting wood, planting hair etc. Amy's most favorite time is the one-on-one times with the children. She just loves them up!! Kar-Beth loves just hanging with the kids and they are "Awesome". She'd love to just be able to take them all home!

Ceek loves having her family there! They will continue to work in the orphanage into the weekend and then spend a coupla days traveling in Sierra Leone getting a taste of Africa itself. They will tour Freetown (which is where the slaves were retuned to when they were freed in America) and the Banana Islands (which is where they were shipped out of when sent to the States in the first place). Their time is going soooooooooo quickly.

The lost bags still have not made it to the Orphanage - so please pray that if it is God's will He will direct them there! We covet your prayers! Thanks sooooooooo much!