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October 30, 2006
Arrival in Gorom
I have arrived in Gorom-Gorom at last. The journey to Dori was easy, with the new tarmac road, but the last 56km from Dori to Gorom was hard. I sat by the road from 6.30am till 10.30 waiting for a vehicle to pass. Finally I climbed on top of a truck carrying millet along with about 30 others. The road to Gorom is in a fairly bad state after the rains, and the truck was swaying precariously whenever it hit a hole or bump (so, most of the way…). But we arrived safely. I have a lot of travelling to do over the coming weeks, so please pray I can get a vehicle to help me.
Contact info…
I am hoping to get online once a week to email and update my blog, but we will have to see if this works in practice… This will of course mean a delay in getting a reply, so please be patient…
My mobile phone number has changed from the one I had in June. It seems that because I hadn’t used it for nearly 4 months, Celtel sold the number to someone else. Ho-hum. Anyway, if you know me, email me to ask me for the number – but be warned that only Orange network customers seem to be able to reach me from the UK at the moment!
Effects of the flood
Yesterday I went for a walk around Gorom to talk with people and see how things are in town following the floods. I have written more about that and posted pictures here. It was hard seeing the devastation, but good to be back out among people here again.
Life in Gorom
I am staying in the yard I bought as a ministry base for our work in the province. It is my first time to stay here. Seydou and Monique are living here along with “W”, the young man who was thrown out of his family for becoming a Christian. We are in the process of building another house on the land at the moment, for Pastor Moumouni to live in, as he prepares to move to Gorom. It is so good to be back in Gorom, and to be with my friends here again.
The coming week will be fairly busy:
Mon: Visit local political and NGO authorities, meet with Pastor Pascal
Tue: Meet with Pastor Adama from Markoye; visit the broken dam
Wed: Nothing planned yet!
Thur: Gorom market day - seeing people
Fri: Distribution of mats and blankets (postponed from earlier)
Sat: Ouaga
Sun: Niamey for Horizons-Sahel conference, and meet up with Steve.
Thanks for your prayers!
Posted by Keith at October 30, 2006 10:17 PM