long but worth it

The father is great and great are his blessings. We returned a week ago after a ten day trip to the towns we will be living in (Guidan Rrumdji which means the house of the butcher, and Tessaua). The work that needed to be done on our house was started and looking good, our neighbors were very friendly. One of our neighbors came to greet us and found out what we are doing in Niger and offered to take us out to Fulani villages. The Father is so Good. She took us to three villages all of which were so excited to allow us to come and learn culture and language from them and they were very excited that we wanted to come and share our beleifes with them. All three are expecting us back when we move, which is the next blessing. We were originally not supposed to move until late August or early September, but we are now moving in three weeks. Please continue to lift us up in the next weeks as we get ready to move.

here are some before pictures:




our home


our bathroom, unless we want to go outside


my room

hall way

Kitchen

Rachel's room

Leaving Niamey

Wednesday we get to leave Niamey for 10 days. We are going to a town called Konni where some of our team members live to work on language study where the people speak the dialect we are learning of Fulfulde. On Thursday through Friday we will be traveling past Konni to the town were Rachel and I will be living in Gideun Romgi seeing our house and talking to people there and trying to find some villages to work in ( I am so excited) , and then spending the night in Maradi (a large town about 30 min away), and then go out to Tesawa and seeing Jessica and Sarah's house and meeting people and finding villages for them to live in.

Please lift us up as we go:
we have had language study but not much practice with people that speak our dialect so this will be a first for us ask the Father that we will be given the words that He wants us to say to the people.
Ask the Father to show us the villages He wants us to work in and people who are ready to hear is Word.
Ask that we will all be healthy and say on our Journey.