Greetings fellow missionaries!
I hope that you are all doing well. I thought I'd take some time to update you on whats going with me right now. I arrived in Paris on schedule yesterday and only had minor difficulties in locating my luggage and finding the gate where my other team member was arriving. I did not get much sleep on the plane so yesterday was experienced in a fog of sleepiness but I managed to stay awake until about 8 o'clock. The family I am staying with has a son who attends ACU and they are very hospitable though they speak very little English and I speak very little French.
Even though I have only been here a day I have already had some interesting experiences. For instance, while at the airport I saw a movie being filmed and a protest being held. Also when I woke up this morning for breakfast I accidentally got a small glass of wine instead of a small glass of grape juice (who knew wine came in boxes?). I am feeling great right now and I am excited to get started with language school (we start Monday) though I have to say that I am learning a lot just by being around people who are speaking. I hope everything is well with all of you and that your mission efforts are going well! Au Revoir!
Your fellow missionary,
Ryan
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Greetings
Hello my fellow missionaries!
Well it is 1:20 in the morning the night before I leave and I am about to go to bed. This past weekend my family and I helped my sister Kayla move from Little Rock to Dallas, so needless to say we have been busy. As I was saying, I fly out tommorow to Paris where I will be working with the Parisian church and going to language school. I have to say my feelings are pretty mixed right now; I am anxious but excited, a little scared but also pretty confident, I'm not gonna lie, I am not sure what I am feeling. I wanted to post my commitment to you before I left so we all know where we stand...
I am a missionary but so are all of you. Anyone who has lifted up a prayer for God's work through me in Burkina Faso is a missionary right along side me. I commit to updating my blog as often as I can with both details of what is going on day-to-day and my feelings about it; I do not know what the internet situation will be in Burkina but I will find out soon enough. I will list prayer requests that come up and I ask that you join me in lifting them up in prayer. Please feel free to email me and if you do I promise I will try to get back to you. My email is wildcat_disciple@yahoo.com and I will be checking it about as regularly as I will be updating my blog. Thank you all for you support and I will post again when I make it Paris! Please pray that I have smooth travel and that I get to my destination in one piece and with all of my luggage. Thanks again!
Your fellow missionary,
Ryan
Well it is 1:20 in the morning the night before I leave and I am about to go to bed. This past weekend my family and I helped my sister Kayla move from Little Rock to Dallas, so needless to say we have been busy. As I was saying, I fly out tommorow to Paris where I will be working with the Parisian church and going to language school. I have to say my feelings are pretty mixed right now; I am anxious but excited, a little scared but also pretty confident, I'm not gonna lie, I am not sure what I am feeling. I wanted to post my commitment to you before I left so we all know where we stand...
I am a missionary but so are all of you. Anyone who has lifted up a prayer for God's work through me in Burkina Faso is a missionary right along side me. I commit to updating my blog as often as I can with both details of what is going on day-to-day and my feelings about it; I do not know what the internet situation will be in Burkina but I will find out soon enough. I will list prayer requests that come up and I ask that you join me in lifting them up in prayer. Please feel free to email me and if you do I promise I will try to get back to you. My email is wildcat_disciple@yahoo.com and I will be checking it about as regularly as I will be updating my blog. Thank you all for you support and I will post again when I make it Paris! Please pray that I have smooth travel and that I get to my destination in one piece and with all of my luggage. Thanks again!
Your fellow missionary,
Ryan
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