I spoke with Mike Sunday morning (our morning, his evening) and he was doing well. He went to church that morning with Sitaki & he said there was about 800 people there. They had a nice meal at the home of Francoise’s sister (Sitaki’s wife’s sister). He said it was wonderful. The bad news was the place where they were staying ran out of water (it is stored in tanks there). It was supposed to be coming “soon”. Mike said he could really use a shower & shave- and especially before he went on his next trek:
Mike has been given the opportunity to visit the mountain gorillas (50% of the world population of mountain gorillas live in Rwanda). He & Sitaki will be meeting up with another group, part of a team from Portland, Oregon and be up there on Tuesday. There are professional tour groups who lead you up to the gorilla nesting area (gorillas are extremely calm & not aggressive to humans, in case you’re worried). One of the members of the other group has been before. Mike is very excited to have been given this awesome opportunity! I can’t wait to hear the fantastic details.
Wednesday they will begin the full search for the Home of Innocence. We appreciate your continued prayers for God’s blessing to be on Mike, Emmanuel, the in-existence-but-not-yet-seen Home of Innocence, and the favor of God to go before them. Thank you for your prayers, commitment, and giving!
God Bless You,
Lisa
