Mae Muma

There's a little girl who lives on our street. She is 6 years old and is the friend of one of our brothers and sisters here. She has already been sick for most of her life, no one can figure out what is wrong with her. I met her last summer, and she was tiny. She now looks worse than the pictures you see of concentration camp victims. I can see every bone in her body.
Her family had just about given up hope and was going to take her to a witch doctor as a last resort before she died. So our sister decided to ask if she could take her to her doctor the day before and see what could be done. We spoke for her, spoke over her. She has now been admited to a children's hospital here, and is being re hydrated, fed, and they are trying to figure out what is wrong. We are so thankful that the witch doctor has been avoided for now, and are thankful that our sister is getting to spend time with her family and her in the hospital.
please speak for this situation, as it is very taxing on her and her family, as well as our sister here who loves this little girl so much. pray that He would be glorified through this all, and that any improvement is attributed to Him and Him alone.

Since this has been going on, myself and a few other F4Fers have been helping out a lot with a volunteer team that has been here, and they had been such a blessing to us. So, we have been quite busy with them this week, but are now getting back to our normal routine.

We had our first getaway weekend last weekend, which was also my birthday. We went to a ropes course in the baobob trees, swam, went to the beach, ate american food, spoke english, sang together, and celebrated my birthday with cake and ice cream that my roomates made for me (so good!!) It was a great weekend, we all had a really good time.

Other than that, we have been doing our normal things; hanging out with our family, working in the clinic, and working with the talibe and arabic school. Though I dont have any big news in any of these areas, I can say that our relationships with all are growing and going well. We just continue to try an be faithful and obedient in our words and actions that we may show light.

Thank you for speaking! Please, this week include Mae Muma and her family as well as some other F4Fers out in a smaller village who lost one of their friends this week who had been sick for a long time. Speak for them as they visit Fatou's family and pray that He would be glorified. Thank you agian, and Blessings!!

Me and some of the kids that are always all over us.

Me and my roomates in our new afriacan outfits!!!

Our getaway weekend, as I slide to the end of the last zip-line in the ropes course.

Me and Mariama M on the beach at our getaway, wearing... you guessed it...shorts!!!

and finally, some of the girls with our game faces for the ropes course

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