Amazingly and blessedly, the four of us have been here almost four weeks and not encountered any illness at all. Until Tuesday.

Beth picked up a cold, actually a flu-like cold. She was teaching and felt it coming on. Of course she continued until the end of the seminar and then we came home and she collapsed on the bed. After a night of not sleeping due to fevers, we went to the Mercy Ship docked in the Monrovia harbor. We had called our friend, Denise Miller whom we had met earlier in our visit, and she said to bring Beth in so she could be checked. A malaria test proved negative so it is just a bad cold.

Beth and Maddie stayed at the ship for the day Thursday so Beth could seek to keep the fevers down in the cool of air conditioning while James, and I came back to lead the seminar that afternoon. The day at the ship and the knowledge that it was not malaria helped Beth to feel better.

After teaching Saturday morning, we’re taking Saturday afternoon off to prepare for preaching on Sunday. Beth and James will be going to Harding Smythe UMC and Maddie and I will be at McGill UMC. On Monday, we will be doing one more full day of training with pastors some distance from Monrovia. Then on Tuesday, we will be doing some last minute visiting and packing for our preparation to leave on Wednesday. It’s been an amazing 3 1/2 weeks.

Thanks for your prayers for our ministry here, continued protection, and healing!

Kelly