Final Post - Monday Night

Dear Friends and Family...
This is Mark, and it is Monday around 8 pm.

Yesterday afternoon we went with some young adults to the sight that they have purchased and are planning to build an orphanage and community development center. These folks are all former orphans from EBAC and now they have an incredible vision of helping children. They formed their group in 1995 and just recently purchased acreage for the buildings. Quite a story and an amazing inspiration.

Today was another eventful day. We had an early breakfast and were on the road by 8 am to join Don Davis on a food delivery trip. We drove through the city once again and headed due west. Once we got out of the main part of the city, the pothole-infested roads gave way to roads that we very very very (etc) bumpy. While 2 of us sit with Don in the front of the truck, named Dove, the rest of us stand in the back, holding on to the metal railing that is about chest-high. We drive 2 hours out and made 3 deliveries of rice and oats, with some peanut butter too. Then another 2 hour bumpy and dusty ride back to the base. Every time through the city we see more unbelievable sights - cows cut up being wheelbarrowed next to the road, people slopping sewage from road-side ditches, and even a few greetings of the "bird"...

After lunch we made our final visit to the EBAC orphanage. We played, talked, and shared a feast with them. After sad goodbyes we now back at Don and Karen's for our final night.

Pray for us:
1. A LONG day of travel tomorrow
2. Safety
3. Timing of connecting flights!
4. That we will apply what we have learned and experienced

God Bless,
Mark and the team