So guys we have very limited internet access and when we actually get to a place that has wifi, it is very sketchy and doesn't always work.
1-23-09><>Were here in Conakry. We have very limited internet access so I’m not expecting to be able to update the blog very often. We both really appreciate all the prayers and love that all of you have shown us. We have just been getting acclimated to Conakry and to our new house for the next 5 months. God has really blessed us. We have already met so many people here. They all love us and surprisingly my French has come in handy! We have been able to carry conversations with people and the words just come to me haha! We ate dinner with Doumbia yesterday. It was a great reunion. I hope that we can discuss salvation and our beliefs. Please pray for open doors with that. He was over for about 4 hours yesterday
We made some friends down the road from our house, also in a little hardware shop. We are going to practice our French with them and also our Malinke (Manika). We have been out running, buying groceries, and exploring trying to get an understanding of our new home. It’s been awesome. We are going to be pretty much on our own when it comes to cooking and buying our groceries so please pray for us!
As of now we are going to start 3 weeks of intensive language learning. We’ll spend 5 days a weeks, about 5 hours a day learning French and Malinke. We then we’ll go out in the afternoons to practice what we learned with people in the streets. We’re pretty excited about that. On the fourth week we’ll head up to the Kan Kan which is the country very far from the city. They call it the “bush”. We’ll be getting culture and language experience in Maninka.
Prayer Request:
-We’ve been making lots of friends in our community. Pray for open doors for the Gospel.
-French is very difficult but we are able to carry conversations with people. The other night we had a conversation with our guard for about three hours. He did not speak English! Pray for the ability to absorb and retain the language.
-Pray that we continue to abide in the Lord. We need to be empowered to be the witnesses we need. The battle is very heavy here. Thank you for praying.
rocky
You are in our prayers daily I just sent my information in to get my passport and am looking into learning french. I hope to go next year. I pray for their hearts to be open and for God to send them such strong visions that they search both of you out to hear the Lords word from you. I pray the gospel flows from your lips with ease and is received with open hearts that only Christ can fill with complete joy just knowing him
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the cooking and remember the times your moms cooked for you (I'll bet you wish you would have helped more in the kitchen now LOL)
God be with you both...
Love Beth, Marty, and Timmy
Rocky, i've been thinking about you; and dad just asked me how you were doing. Now I can give him an update. I'll be praying for you. Whenever you get time to come on your blog again, please continue to give me specific prayer requests so i can lift you guys up in prayer. love you bro.
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Rocky!! It's so good to hear from you again! Wow, two new languages! That's really awesome! Pastor Ken and Aunty Carol told me about the house that you and Matt are living in. What a blessing! It already sounds like God is moving. Chee hoo!! Keep it up! Love you Rocky!
ReplyDeleteVan i need your email address, is it vankomatsu@hotmail.com? Thanks bro for specifics. I wish you were here with me bro seriously. I miss you and think about you very often, young kid times and my little brother syndrome i think i finally figured it out after all these years. Any ways all you guys thank you so much for praying! i'll try to update as much as possible. It's very difficult and we get internet fridays for bout 2 hrs. i love you guys
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