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March 22, 2006  Well less than 2 months left in our outreach here in Monrovia, Liberia.  I still love it here. I have decided that I like being in a country where people speak some English.  It was so much harder to function when we were in Benin because the language there is French. And boy, I don't speak french, but hey my kids do these days.  Oh man my thoughts are rambling.  I actually had to look back to see how much I have told everyone. Well last Tuesday I was frantically trying to make arrangements for our trip home. At 11:30pm at night I sat with credit card in hand with the intention of buying tickets, only to have about 10 emails back and forth with the travel agent. So i decided to wait and buy the tix on Wednesday. Then Wed morning an email went out from our director saying "Don't buy you tickets".  So what came out throughout the day was that we don't know at this point where the Anastasis will end up. We thought we were going to Ghana and planning to leave once we got there. That was based on the fact that the Africa Mercy was planning to be in Ghana for it's first outreach. There were so many big plans for how the transition would take place, now the organization has to admit that the Africa Mercy will not make it on time, so now what are we going to do. There are so many rumors flying that the ship may go to Europe. So now it is just over 2 months until we are supposed to leave Monrovia and we do not have any idea where we are going. Every time I talk to someone at home they want to know when we are coming home and what the details are and we have to say "We Don't Know". And we just know nothing.  So we wait and try patience, so what do you think the Lord is doing in our lives. Ok, i think I have patience and it seems to be tested every day. We are both at peace with things today, but every day I wonder what is coming next.  So all of this to say that we don't know when we will hit American soil, but the plan is sometime in June, and we can't wait to see everyone and catch up. We also do not know really what is next. All I know is that I can't wait to get a little break this summer. We have been here 16 months now, I have been on call at least 50% of the time for 16 months. There was time last summer that I was on call 100% of the time, so I am tired and need a break. I am looking forward to some freedom. I can't wait to have my own car again and control of when I might like to go somewhere. I know that I will miss Africa-I love it here!!!!!!!!I love my job. Later this week I want to share more about my job.  Miss you all so much.