Tuesday

Back in Dakar   Our trip in from Tambacounda (or Tambaville) turned out to be an eight hour jaunt … much was on a new road and it was great.  Some of the trip was in heavy traffic. We left Kaolack at about 10:30 and got to Ouakam at 2.  Part of the way was with heavy and slow trucks that were hard to get around. Then it became stop and go through Rafiques. Once through there we made fairly decent time.   We got into our room and walked down to La Regal for a Swarama sandwich with French fries. We then went to Boutique at the service station and bought some ice cream.  Brams, it was not! When we got back to the guest house, we ran into Don Stelzer and had a great visit with him.  He had brought a team in and got them off this morning. He had an x-ray done today and will have it read tomorrow morning. He needs a shot in his shoulder.   Buddy and I have had some time to reflect and will have opportunity to do more. It has been such a pace, it has been hard to process it all.  I do know that once you set your face toward home, time moves slowly.   Tomorrow, we will have a meeting with others that are interested in reaching the Mandjak. We meet at 10 a.m. (4 a.m. your time). We hope to touch base and learn what is happening with their ministries.  I hope to set up a meeting for Pastor Roger with the chairman of the Mandjak fellowship who also heads up the Bible Society here. We will meet at New Tribes Mission Office (where Jefferson is the administrator)   We have a busy day. Hopefully, we will get a couple of good nights sleep so that the trip will not be as tiring.  We leave 7:30 our time or 1:30 am your time on Thursday.   Thanks for supporting us with your prayers.   Bro. Sam