It’s rainy season, and this year’s rains have done some serious damage to roads in Togo. An important bridge on the main South to North trucking route was washed away, so the big trucks that transport things from the port in Lome to not only Northern Togo, but into other parts of West Africa, are using “our” road, the only other road in the country that is a South-North route. So “our” road, which is surely NOT built to withstand the weight of over-laden trucks, is being destroyed. In the photo below, it’s good to at least see a “road...

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The Lord has graciously spared our brother, Wilson's, life!  Thank you for praying.  He has made such phenomenal progress that he was discharged on Saturday to our guest house and plans are being made for his return to his home in Ghana on Monday.  He is very sore and does have a clavicle fracture and his face is healing nicely from the multiple lacerations.  The bleeding on his brain has subsided and things seem to be settling down neurologically.  Thank you so much for praying. The sad part of this update is that the driver of the other van was...

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26 March 08 Dear Friends Once again, Air France has advised us that they will be terminating their missionary / humanitarian airfares effective 31 March.As you may recall, they have announced a termination of their airfares in the past and we have been able to have them extend these rates, however, as of this moment, there is no indication that this will happen again. If these rates are terminated, it will mean a profound increase in many of the airfares that mission and humanitarian organizations have enjoyed thus far. As we expect a major rush in processing Air France tickets in order to beat...

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We recently had a sudden change in plans in regards to container shipping.  We’ve been working with a doctor who indicated his willingness to help cover all the cost of the next hospital container as long as it was 50% medical.  Recently we learned that he along with the others who were going help have changed their position on the amount of medical supplies that are needed.  They don’t feel we have enough but haven’t indicated how much more is needed.  After doing some calculations, we have 62% of the container space occupied by medical supplies.Here is our dilemma, they...

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