"Saviour, You Can Move the Mountains..."

First of all we have some amazing news...God has moved a huge mountain for us! After some discussions with some of our class members here in Texas, we called our travel agent, and after rearranging dates, and flights we were able to book our tickets to Benin for $3700 cheaper than we first had planned! We were thrilled! It means we will be leaving on July 28 instead of August 1 and stopping in Washington DC, and London, England before we get to Paris then on to meet the ship in Cotonou, Benin. This is a blessing because it will give Mike a few extra days of turnover with the current Financial Director before he leaves the ship.
Yesterday for Canada Day (July 1) we (the whole Gateway group) went out to celebrate one of our class member's birthday and then onto bowling. It was a very fun an relaxing night. We have been discussing Spiritual Warfare in class so it was nice to turn off our brains laugh and relax!
I also want to introduce some people that we have met. Katharina, Kelly and their daughter Miriam have been looking after Alisia and Joshua for the last 2 weeks. They have been a source of real joy and entertainment for the kids. Katharina and Kelly's second baby is due in about 3 weeks and we pray for a safe a speedy delivery and a healthy new baby for them. We have been very blessed to come to know them. The second couple is Barry and Cheryl from Bristol, England. They are in the Gateway program with us. We are the "mature" ones in the group. We have really grown to enjoy our camaraderie with them. We have taken many "sanity"rides into town to Wal-mart and Dairy Queen and even introduced them to the Texas Roadhouse Grill for a flavor of Texas dinning...peanut shells on the floor and all! One of the great blessings of Gateway has been the wonderful people we have in class. We come from six different countries, age ranges from 21 to 62, yet we have become a close knit group who enjoys being together. It is going to be a pleasure serving with them on board AFRICA MERCY.