Ministry Update (by Thom)

About three months ago I made my first trip into the deep bush here in Mali. As a quick recap I went to shoot some video of a Malian serving as a missionary in his own country. I'll be putting together a video package for a conference here in a couple of weeks to raise awareness of Malians serving as missionaries in their own countries. For a more full recap read this blog entry from July. Anyway, originally I was supposed to head out right away and video the other 3 Malian missionaries. However, things like babies and tooth problems kept me from going - until now. I'm scheduled to head out very early Tuesday morning and expect to return late Thursday. Because one of the missionaries is in a very sensitive area I'm not sure I can share exactly where I'm going here on the web site but I'm going to find out and if I can I'll let you now as soon as possible. I'm going with a Malian I'll meet on the road late Tuesday morning and am completely unsure of things like food, where we'll stay and how well I'll be able to communicate. All these things are prayer requests for me for the next few days. Further, upon returning I'm going to have to work fast and edit these into short presentation videos by October 30th. That will be a lot of work, especially since I'll be editing video in a language I don't speak or understand! Thanks for your prayers.