The End in Sight

Hello again!
Now let me take some more time to fill you in on what is happening out here.

We will be staying in Sudan for one more week, and during this week, we will be working with Harvesters here at the compound. During the day we'll be working and helping with some work projects that are going on, and in the afternoon we'll be doing evangelism and small group bible study. We've already had a good time with that and have had a chance to minister to some really cool people. Some of the homes we have gone to have just been built- the occupants have just returned to Sudan a couple weeks ago after 15 years (or more) of taking refuge in Congo (Zaire). They were just dumped here by the U.N. and left with three months rations. The people here are struggling to stay alive with the little food they can eat, the dirty water they can drink, and amongst the diseases around here, like cholera, meningitis, and malaria.
The compound is really nice- we have electricity 24/7, internet that comes on and off during the day (wireless though) and good food to eat that is prepared by a few of the women. It's strange going back to having three meals a day, but they are there and they are good. We're starting to wonder if the weight we lost in Samburu might be put back on here. We are enjoying ourselves and the company of fellow Americans.
There is a team of six guys here from Texas on a work project, but they leave tomorrow. We've had a really great time getting to know them and work with them a little. I wish they would be around the rest of the week, because it's nice having people to talk to, hang out with, and play games with.
One of them is staying behind, and there are two long-term guys here, so we will have them to work with and keep us company this next week. The kids here are great company also and always want to play with us.
The orphans here love us, and we love them. I feel so privileged and blessed to be able to love on them. It's such a sweet thing to sit one on my lap and just hold him. They are so beautiful and full of life.

This week is going to be a good one, I know it. And after that, we're pretty much done. We leave next Monday and have to spend three to four days traveling back to Nakuru, and then we go to Nairobi, and then we go home. I am so eager to return, and yet I know I'm going to hate to leave. These guys from Texas have been here a week, and tonight they had a closing prayer meeting. Seeing their mood as they considered the end of their trip reminded me that I'll be feeling and saying the same thing in just a couple of weeks. Please pray that we will be able to make the best of this last week of work. Thanks for your support.