As of today we have just 19 more days till we leave for Kigoma Tanzania. We are very excited and with the weather we have been having, the thought of 80 degrees sounds really good right now. Today the Mission Buddies gathered together for our last Africa meeting. The meeting went very well, but there was a part of the meeting we did not expect and we are praying for. Pastor Billy (our Brother in Law) fell off of a ladder this past week and messed up his ankle and his wrist. As of now he doesn't think he will be going on the trip with us. He goes back in two weeks (the monday before we leave) to get a progress report. He hasn't cancelled anything yet, because he would like to see how that report goes. So we are all praying that God will heal him or get him where he would be able to go. Kevin and I and I am sure so was everyone else, was looking froward to him going. He is a wonderful person and just so easy to talk too. Not to mention he is a wonderful leader and a great Pastor. I don't want to sound negative, but if it is not in God plans and he is unable to go he will truely be missed. What we talked about in our meeting was getting to the airport, Malaria pills, Visa's and learning how to crochet. Which I have yet to accomplish. That is something I am going to do too. I just need more patience. LOL God has asked each one of us to be on this mission trip for a reason. We know that we are to do his work. That is a given. I also feel that there is more and each one of us is going to learn, experiance, and achieve the one or more goals that God has intended for us to do. I just feel there is more to this trip then just the Mission itself. This is what makes this trip for me more exciting. We are so glad and blessed to take you all along with us on this wonderful journey. As you read this please keep Pastor Bill in your thoughts and prayers and his family too. And of course please keep our Mission Buddies in your thoughts and prayers too as we take this journey together. The Mission Buddies are JoAnn, Steve, Terry, RuthAnn, Kevin, Julie, and Pastor Bill. Talk to you all soon.

Love, and God Bless you all,

Julie and Kevin and the rest of the Mission Buddies