Dear Family and Friends:

As we write tonight, it's nearly 9 pm in Niamey and we have had a full day of "once in a lifetime" ministry experiences. We began this morning visiting the new upper grades of Peniel Middle School, in awe of God's grace as 30 students were studying in a school building that has just been completed. The campus was busy with with other construction and the fingerprints of our Lord and His provision touched our hearts. Please join us in prayer as these teens emerge from lower grades into a true awareness of who Jesus is and who He so desires to be in their lives.

After the Middle School excursion, we spent the rest of the day at Peniel with the students in the lower grades. Our team was busily occupied with student medical exams, photos and record updates, games outside and crafts inside the classrooms. The school is a patch of heaven right in the middle of Niamey!

This evening we celebrated at the CURE Hospital - the first anniversary of its dedication - with the amazing staff and several of the patients. The sense of community, the delight of our Savior, was evident in every laugh, every trumpet sound, each skit performed. The privilege of participating in this event will fill our hearts over and over. God truly resides here!

Au revoir!
Niger STMT 2011