Sunday Evening, Feb. 3

We had a wonderful sunshiney Sabbath.   Enjoyed going to the Sabbath School with the children - they sit on mats in their bedrooms and sing with all their  might.   In the afternoon we walked into a local village and held a branch Sabbath School at the Gohara village school.   About 40 village children came to hear Mike and Stacey tell stories.  It was wonderful to see many other villagers and people passing by stop and listen as well.   Sabbath evening Mike and several other staff drove to the local Adventist Academy for a badminton tournament.  (badminton is the popular sport around here!)

Sunday was filled with preparing to head south and also playing group games with the children after lunch including gunny-sack races and red-rover.  We ended the day with worship as Norman Krause told the story of the 7th-day Ox.

In the last hour, we received an email update from the embassy in Dhaka advising U.S. citizens not to travel tomorrow due to protests.   After the staff met and reviewed current news etc., we were advised to delay our trip.  At this point we don't know if or when we'll go to the south.  We'll keep you posted and please continue to keep us in your prayers.