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north africa may 14 from paris

aaronb — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:33:10 +0000

Our hearts have been turning toward home for quite a while now but now the plane will too. We arrive Tuesday afternoon after a long day of flying chasing the time zones. We can’t wait to see you all Sunday and please be praying for us as we process all the information, relationships, sights and sounds over the next few weeks. We will take the time to talk about our trip on June 3rd. Please be there.

happy mother’s day from north africa

aaronb — Sun, 13 May 2012 13:05:47 +0000

I hope you are joining with Faith today. A few of us are missing but what a great Mother’s Day Morning we had in an International Church in the North African city we fly out from tomorrow. We met people from Finland, USA, Ireland, Nigeria, Ghana, Antiga, Dominica, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Swaziland and the list goes on. John, Ron and Aaron signing off.

north africa may 12 afternoon

aaronb — Sat, 12 May 2012 21:50:51 +0000

Just a quick report as the guys did something really cultural today. They paid a few bucks for a hair cut and a straight razor shave. Aaron ended up as a new man.

north africa saturday may 12

aaronb — Sat, 12 May 2012 09:46:41 +0000

Well, we are almost home. These few days of decompressing have become very valuable. We have journaled and debriefed and we have a little more to do. Thanks for your support and love. On Thursday we took a tour of a medina, had our first cous, cous, traveled a few hours to Roman ruins, dinner with local friends, traveled another few hours to our last destination. It has been a really full whirlwind trip. Our hearts are full to overflowing and yet there is more to come.

north africa wed may 9

aaronb — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:25:30 +0000

It’s getting hot over here. We just had our first day in the 90′s and were sweating it out. We have enjoyed the great people, new friends and old alike. We spent the afternoon visting the ancient medina and even got to see some old ruins at the look out over the city. PJ got to make friends with a shepherd and the souvenir shopping took an upswing.

north africa tuesday may 8

aaronb — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:00:46 +0000

Ron, Aaron and PJ here, we are just pulling into a great north African city where we are anticipating meeting with a special family from our community at home. We are driving right now and have had a long day. We’ve been surrounded (in car) all day by sheep, shepherds, mountain vistas and the people who inhabit these mountains. Again, thanks for making all of this possible. I hope you enjoy watching the video and seeing a bit of what we have been seeing today. Love to you all, The Three Amigos and our fearless driver and guide Jerry.

north africa monday may 7

aaronb — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:17:31 +0000

With hearts full of joy and stories abounding we make it back into North Africa. I (Aaron) am not sure I can take in many more stories. My heart already really full to overflowing with the people we have shared time with. We are spending a night overlooking a sweet little beach area. We went down to the public beach area as the sun was going down and met some young men picking jellyfish out of the bay. This was a good sign not to swim. They knew some English and we had a jovial time laughing about their antics.

north africa saturday may 5

aaronb — Sat, 05 May 2012 16:07:14 +0000

We (Ron speaking) traveled through some beautiful countryside to the border today. Crossing was very easy for which we were thankful to DAD. We are in a beautiful Mediteranean city now and just finished a high sucrose content lunch with a native family. We are almost in diabetic comas. We are looking for a hotel to spend the night for a Sunday meeting tomorrow morning with new friends and a picnic to follow. The individual strengths of the team members are showing up and I can see why Dad had us come on this trip together. ~ Ron

north africa may 4

aaronb — Fri, 04 May 2012 22:51:51 +0000

Well it’s been a nice travel day. It’s been made nicer by a stop at a hotel. It was about to be a 12 hour travel day, until midnight, with a big breakfast meeting in the Spanish town. We decided that it’d be too much to do and keep sane and healthy. I (Aaron) got to drive for a few hours. An opportunistic and friendly man on a scooter (Fahed) led us to a hotel for the night (commission sales of course). We met some lovely people who wanted to know who the artist was (with the guitar). Ron gives a performance in the kitchen while they are cooking our dinner. Pretty fun!

north africa thursday may 3

aaronb — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:50:22 +0000

We are meeting fascinating people and hearing lots of stories that we will need to tell you soon. We are all healthy and happy. We miss our families and wish they could be with us but glad to meet some other families and be an encouragement to them. The music and teaching has been really well received.