Hello all you lovely folks,
Thanks so much for all your prayers over the last few days, I have so
appreciaed them and feel so encourged by you all. The last few days have
passed in a whirlwind. I am writing from Dushanbe, Tajikistan. To get here I
had to travel through 5 countries in 24 hrs! I arrived in the middle of the
night and the next am headed for a retreat with all the members of my
organisation here. Tajik air was an experience to travel in, cast of Russian
planes which smelt of diesel and sweaat and were covered with gold gilt and
tacky gold curtains.
The retreat lasted for 4 days and has been a good oportunity to get to know
lots of people here. Ive met up with Laiking my tteammate who is exhausted
and very stressed out and was alos glad to meet Jo and chennelle from NZ who
will also come to Bam, ho are lovely and who I get on well with!!! Yipee
there will be a few more newcomers to spread the load especially as Laiking,
our leader is going for 3 months home leave at the start of Jn, so well
effectively be running the show on our own...scary, but the 3 of us all feel
better having voced our concerns eetc.
today we went out shopping in the markets here to learn how to travel around
in little minibusses ettc. Tajikistan is an interesting mx of russia and Asia
and the multiple people groups all look and sound so different with their
different languages and facial structures etc.
I will be here for the next few weeks sorting out visa etc and it feel good
and exciting, if alittle challenging to be here on this new adventure!
This comes with so much love and prayer to you,
Ali
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