Time to say "Good-bye"

All too soon, our week with Sandra and Tom came to an end, and they headed out for Africa. All couples were instructed to contact their mission president before leaving. Sandra and Tom called--and were told the phone was disconnected. They called the missionaries--and were told the phone was disconnected. They e-mailed to an address they had successfully used in the past--no answer. They still got on the plane and headed out for a two-day trip to Los Angeles, London, and Nairobi, not knowing what they would find there. (Fortunately, they were met at the airport by someone. But would you have had the faith to go!)

We had three more days of training for our assignment working with the young people at the Institute in Switzerland. Most of it was teacher-training, and it was simply excellent. I will never teach the same way again!