From Sun Mar 21:

On Sunday, we went to church with one of Jim Hocking's employees.  The people were very excited to see us and the pastor made us feel welcome.  They even had a man try and translate for us which was very nice.  They asked for one of us to sing a song and Kevin came to the rescue with his singing of "Awesome God".  Then John was asked to pray for the church service and he did well in spite of being

Albere is the name of Jim's employee.  Please pray for him because he is recovering from Tuberculosis and also has AIDS.

After lunch we enjoyed some time of relaxation.  The facility at Berberti is like an oasis, surrounded by natural beauty and spacious housing.  This a nice change of pace after ruffing it in Grimari and a long ride from Bangui. 

We have a nice porch to eat meals on as well as relax on nice chairs.  Elise is a wonderful cook as well.

Some of the guys worked at the garage a little while others took the chance to recharge their batteries. 

We then took a tour of ICDI's ag center.  The center is full of fruit trees and all kind of vegetable plants.  They grow these plants to build up a seed bank to be able to assist villages in growing there own nutritious foods to add to their mostly non nutrious diet.

It is hard to believe we are ready to head into the home stretch of our trip.  We will be here Monday and Tuesday. Then we will leave early Wed. morning to head back to Bangui.  Another 12-13 hour trip awaits us.  Thursday morning we check our luggage in at Air France and then we will hang out until the everning when our flight is scheduled to leave around 11pm.

Thanks for reading,

Tim