Tomorrow morning we’re off to Nairobi. Taylor’s sister, Allison, will be with us a few more days before she heads off to South Africa. We’ll begin our permanent move to Kenya and all that entails. But first, planning for SIM Sudan’s SLC (Spiritual Life Conference).

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We’re taking a few days off on the Eastern coast of Kenya, just North of Mombasa.

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The theme of the church service is ‘surrender’, however I don’t really have
to pick photos that fit the theme, but it doesn’t hurt….

Let me know what you like best! I plan on having a few of these printed
large and framed, the rest will be displayed digitally on a screen during
the service.

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Here’s a list of the top searches that bring people to my blog…

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Photo of Taylor’s first Arabic teacher & friend, Mubarak.

So God worked some amazing miracles on Friday night and Saturday. Some SIM
and AIM logisticians did some serious overtime work and got our documents
from Nairobi (reason we were stuck in Sudan) and got them on a plane to Juba
(our layover point) so that we could make our way home to Nairobi. It was
truly amazing. We owe these logisticians a HUGE thank you and some gifts to
show for it. Some candy and flowers will make their rounds tomorrow.

Thank you to those of you who were aware and praying for our situation.

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We just found out that we have a problem with traveling out of the country
tomorrow. We are scrambling to secure everything we need to take care of.
Please pray that God can make something miraculous happen tomorrow.

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Today, our last day in Malakal and our home for the last eight months, has been a bittersweet one. This week we have made the rounds and said our goodbyes. I, Taylor, have two friends I have made over last few months whom I will be especially sad to leave. On, my friend Mubarak, an Arab (born and grew up in Malakal) was one of my first tutors. He hopes to go to college in Khartoum very soon. My other friend, Andrew (a Shulluk), has been our language tutor for the last few months. He is VERY well educated and hopes to be a lawyer one day.  I have spent a lot of time with Andrew lately, encouraging him and loving on him. He really does have a lot of potential and I pray that our friendship will continue.

Since Fellowship (our sending church) would like me to return to Malakal a few times a year to build relationships with pastors, on their behalf, I look forward to seeing my friends again on these return trips.

After getting back to Nairobi, with a better internet connection, we plan to get up a lot of photos before we left. My sister has also been with us this last week and we have lots to show and tell.

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