Thursday, September 09, 2010
Troolin email update, 8 September 2010
Dear Friends and Family,
Wow, it's been a busy last month, traveling and sharing about our ministry with the Sam people! We drove in a giant counterclockwise circle around the eastern U.S. from August 2 to 29.
We loved seeing some of you on our path, and we're just sorry we weren't able to visit ALL of you! Seeing your faces after four or more (in one case 33!) years was renewing and refreshing for us. Some of you we haven't even met before, and seeing you was an added blessing for which we thank the Lord!
Some statistics:
- Miles we drove: 5697 (9168 km)
- Adults we visited: 69
- Children we visited: 50
- Nights away: 27
- Homes that hosted us at night: 17 (Thank you!)
Thank you for praying for us! The trip went great and the car performed well. We were healthy the whole time except for a few bumps and bruises.
Now we're working on settling back into Cambridge life, getting the children into school (it's now the second day!), updating our address list, writing anthropology papers, getting more materials prepared to help people understand mission work with the Sam people, and continuing Sam translation and language work.
God bless you!
Dave and Sarah
Wow, it's been a busy last month, traveling and sharing about our ministry with the Sam people! We drove in a giant counterclockwise circle around the eastern U.S. from August 2 to 29.
We loved seeing some of you on our path, and we're just sorry we weren't able to visit ALL of you! Seeing your faces after four or more (in one case 33!) years was renewing and refreshing for us. Some of you we haven't even met before, and seeing you was an added blessing for which we thank the Lord!
Some statistics:
- Miles we drove: 5697 (9168 km)
- Adults we visited: 69
- Children we visited: 50
- Nights away: 27
- Homes that hosted us at night: 17 (Thank you!)
Thank you for praying for us! The trip went great and the car performed well. We were healthy the whole time except for a few bumps and bruises.
Now we're working on settling back into Cambridge life, getting the children into school (it's now the second day!), updating our address list, writing anthropology papers, getting more materials prepared to help people understand mission work with the Sam people, and continuing Sam translation and language work.
God bless you!
Dave and Sarah
