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From Global Lutheran Outreach missionaries Tim and Beth Heiney (ed. note: Because of the complications caused by the pandemic, Beth remains in the US with no prospect of returning to Guinea, while Tim remains on the field. ). They write:
From Tim in Guinea: If you remember, in our last update, I had gotten very close to just dumping all my virus rules and just going back to the way I lived before, since there had been no sign of the sickness around here. Well, all my personal rules snapped back into place.
Presentation to the mayor of the donations made to the town of Siguiri to begin rebuilding the market that was burned down earlier this year. THANK YOU
I tried to open up a couple Discovery Bible Studies again, but in each group key members were out of town trying to earn some money or something. But also, this week we heard that the government is going to make a big announcement about the future of our national lock-down on the 15th or 16th. Everyone says they will open the borders and the mosques and churches and schools again. Since it feels like we are so close to the end, I decided not to just throw everything out, but I have started shaking hands again, and things like that. Our small church is on alert now that all the women should be ready. If the lock-down ends, they need to be cooking on the first Sunday, because we will be celebrating Easter on that day, and having our big Easter common meal.
In the meantime, I have been working with one of the members to record scripture passages for our Discovery Bible Studies so that the studies can be used also with people who can’t read. I am also doing some brushing up on the language, and continuing to teach myself Nko, a unique style of writing Maninka with its own alphabet.
From Beth in the USA: Where to begin??. I was super excited last week when I actually got through to Delta Airlines and was able to make a reservation on July 10th to fly back to Bamako. I figured if the border was not open by then I could reschedule…yet again. Not two days after that we got a message saying that Air France has cancelled everything from Paris to Bamako through to the end of August. While this has been disheartening, I’ve also been having some issues with my back. About 35 years ago I had a Herrington Rod placed in there to stop the twisting caused by scoliosis and always felt so blessed that I never had any issues with it at all. A little over a year ago, while in the US, I slipped on some ice and landed smack dab full force on my tail bone. When people say they “saw stars” I now know what that feels like. Most spines have cushions between the vertebrae. Not mine. Since then something just hasn’t felt right back there, so I need to get that checked out. Maybe there’s a reason God has me here after all.
Blessings and love,
Tim and beth ><>
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