Only a few hours... (by Thom)

It's now less than ten hours until our plane is supposed to leave Bamako. We should reach Paris tomorrow morning and Detroit Thursday evening. We're very excited! As you can see from the picture, Hannah is already practicing her flying. Please remember us in your prayers the next two days as we travel.
At the same time, please remember the missionaries and others in Guinea right now. Guinea is a country to Mali's southwest. Most ex-pats are being evacuated right now as the country is breaking down into civil war. I was speaking with another missionary yesterday who was evacuated from Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) three years ago when that country also broke into civil war. He was surprised at how fast everything in Guinea has fallen apart. There won't be easy solutions and a few C&MA missionaries remain there, although many have already fled to Senegal and other countries. Other missionaries are attempting to make their way to Mali but travel is extremely dangerous right now. We're reminded how blessed we are in Mali, but also how fragile everything of this world truly is.
If you're interested, here's a pretty good article summing up the issues that have led to about 100 deaths so far.