Weekend

So this past weekend, I went to a town a little bit outside Atlanta to meet up with the team going to Gabon. We had a fabulous weekend!

We prayed, planned, and got to know each other. Here we are doing some team building exercises - blindfolding trying to form a square.

Julia

Have you seen the movie "Julie and Julia"? Well I will not be making every recipe in Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking", but I did make the Boeuf Bourguignon tonight and it was delicious!! It takes a little work and prep time, but I like cooking so it wasn't a big deal.

Back to Africa

The rumors are true... I'm heading back to Gabon in mid-January. I'm going with a team of four other people. One is my roommate from my summer in Libreville, one is a guy I don't know, and the other two is a couple that came out the summer I was there. All of us are meeting as a team in GA later this month. It sounds like it will be a prayer and planning (throwback to the old Awana days) meeting with someone from Envision (what they are now calling the Short Term Missions Office).
For now the plan is for my roommate (Hannah), the couple (Dan & Alicia), and me to start with 8 wks of an intense French course (what the Peace Corps uses). After that Dan & Alicia will be heading up the Envision center in Bongolo and Hannah and I will work at the one in Libreville. In the summer the guy who I don't know (Eric) will come out and help with teams.
I'm very excited about this opportunity, but know that I will miss you all - yawl!
Will write more after the meeting.