They're outa here....

40/40 is all over and the bus rolled away yesterday taking the participants to the airport. It sure was an exceptional group of new missionaries. We are so proud of all they learned, endured, and overcame throughout this whole experience. We had fun together! It is always so hard for me to say bye to everyone. It is amazing how close you can feel to people just after spending 30 days together. Below are some last pics. of this group. Thank you all so much for praying for us all over this last month. Your prayers were heard and answered by our Gracious Heavenly Father. He is so good to us all the time! Please pray for all these new missionaries who are now going back to their places of service in Uganda, Sudan, Zambia, Malawi, Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho, Tanzania, and Kenya. Pray that they will take all that learned and now use it among their people groups that God has called them to work with. We are so excited and expectant of what God is going to do in and through them all.

This is the biggest 40/40 group ever!

The Warner Family were all wearing their 40/40 t-shirts on the last day so I just had to get their pic.

On our last night we had a brai(cookout) and then had an evening of fun with a talent show and awards ceremony. This group was filled with talent and had some very funny people in it. I laughed so hard! Above is Matt L., one of our staff, playing a song for us.

Shanna headed up our whole night of entertainment and was the MC.

The whole group got involved by playing a game having to do with a man, gorilla, and a gun. Here is Mike and Hannah as partners. If you lost, you got another partner until there was only one standing.

Benton shared his talent singing our happy camper song in a little different way.

Tracey Davis taught the kids how to sign the song "Shout to the Lord." They showed us all on this last night. They did a great job.

At the very end we had a group hug and prayed together as a group.