June 05, 2006

e-Missions Update: Biana in Nigeria

Hi all! The past week has been very full and busy: beginning to work with some of the dept heads to prepare for a training time in July, helping the students from UC Berkeley & Madison, Wisconsin settle in, meeting Dr Blackner and his wife who are helping with the set up of the new U. S. Faith Alive Foundation, preparing for the 10th anniversary celebration, & visiting an occasional patient. Today I went to an early church service with Pastor Sunday Bakut at the Baptist church he attends, where I shared greetings from out church & Pastor Bakut preached. Then we were off to an HIV/AIDS awareness education time for the Sun. morning service in one of the nearby village comunities at a Church of Christ where one of the women living positively with HIV is a member & God has done alot of healing within their church as a result of her situation. A quick lunch, and we were off to the support group meeting to encourage & be blessed by them. We're on our way out to dinner soon for grilled fish as an early going away gathering for Ryan & Hillary who will be leaving this week to return to Madison, Wisconsin (although they are already planning when they can return around Hillary's final time in her med program - probably Nov 2007 - this place just gets to you that way, once you've been here you are family & know that you have to come back periodically). My health is much better now & although I still feel the separation from all of you that are so much a part of my life, I don't miss you as much now. I'm think I'm just going to have to find a way to maintain at least 2 residences on opposite sides of the world over the next few years. Is is wrong to pray for enough money to be able to have the best of both worlds??? Well, if it is, I'm sure God will make that clear to me. Thanks for all of your prayers and support. I love you all. God bless you!

Posted by Valerie at June 5, 2006 05:28 AM