Another nice day in Bamako.

Our last two days have been busy, busy, busy! We have been working with the children on their upcoming Easter presentation, The Easter Tree. The children have been creating artwork, playing outside and learning to "fix their eyes on Jesus". We start our day off with devotions and have found that the children have a heart for the Lord. They are grounded in the Word and are able to share their thoughts on the teachings. We have the children from 8-5 daily.

The missionaries have been gracious enough to invite us into their homes and we have shared some delightful food and fellowship.

We've been around the streets of Bamako and today we got fitted for our African skirts. It's pretty funny to have to have the goats move so you can park in front of the tailor. The Malian people are so kind and friendly. The Malian children wave as we go by and everyone tries to speak a little English to us. They ask us how we are doing? How is our family? And if we slept well last night.

We'll post some more pictures soon. Tomorrow we have an early day - followed by an afternoon with the children at a local pool.

We are SO glad that we like rice! We have rice two times a day! The fruit is WONDERFUL! The mangos are the best we have ever tasted and mangos are growing on trees right behind our apartment. The Malian children pull them off the tree and eat them like apples.

We are adjusting to the "special" food cleaning routines and keep a good stock of bottled water in the fridge. We learned how to scorch our bagettes in order to kill the bacteria. Something we thought that we would never have to learn.

We are acclimating well to the heat. It feels like hot days in the south. Instead of perfume, we smell like bug spray ALL the time! We don't a single mosquito bite! Yes!

We appreciated your continued prayers. We know that is why we are doing so well! We miss our families dearly each time we get an email (more emails please!) but we are really enjoying this unique experience and it is a blessing to be here.