Ships Ahoy Family and Friends,
We are setting sail on October 19 out of NY on the Queen Mary II to London, England.
Sister Rita Hebert, a pioneer from Wolfeboro Cong. will be traveling with us to England, returning to US via flight. The Ship arrives in England on October 25 our flights onward to Sierra Leone are October 29. We are looking forward to visiting London Bethel and some other sites around London on our four day layover in London.
The cruise is a transatlantic cruise, we had been keeping our eye on for a couple mos. as the prices lowered. It will be more economical and easier on us all for jet lag to take our time across time zones.
Brother Mediyenlo and his family serving in Sierra Leone from Nigeria, send their love and greetings. They recently had there Special Assembly Day with 1,482 in attendance.
The Mediyenlo family is serving the Port Loko congregation, we are arranging to visit with them second week of November. They have three young children. Dennis, Lorie and Kadence visited in December of last year for just the Sunday meeting, it was amazingly wonderful. Lorie, Lyam, Lorelle and Kadence visited for a weekend in April, it was a completely different experience in the bush country verses where we live around the city of Freetown.
Port Loko is a 2 to 3 hour drive out of Freetown. There is no available electricity except a couple generators in the little village, the generators are only on until 10 oclock or so, then it is silent and dark, awe inspiring! Around Freetown the sound of generators is continual as well as the hub bub of traffic. Electricity is getting more regularly available, we currently receive electricity 2 to 3 nights a week, they are hoping by January that our city district is on electricity rotation for every night, the city is working on it. The water lines are also being repaired from the city source and it is looking good to have running water in the house, also beginning of the year. Until then we have Mr. Monseray to carry water for washing and flushing toilets. He also fills our water bottles from the city drinking tap, we than boil and filter it.
It is rainy season in Sierra Leone right now, William Slaughter, a missionary, said that one good thing about all the rain is that the return visits are always home :)
Sister Samura, our landlord, has been caring for one of Lorie's studies, she said the young girl is progressing well. The girls brother is also a study, called on at his place of work by a brother from our SL congregation.
Brother Slaughter says Kadence sends lots of Hugs and Kisses, she is doing very well and is excited that we will all be together soon!
Jehovah be with you all,
Swift Family
Isaiah 43:10+13
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Smooth Progress
Hi Friends and Family,
Wow, time sure is going fast. Where is summer? It was 50 degrees this morning?
Did enjoy the really hot weather a couple weeks ago.
To bring you up to date,
US Immigration has said that we can apply for a visa for Kadence after living with her for two years. Our Congressmans office has said to start applying after one year and they can get the ball rolling. Our adoption decree from Sierra Leone from 2005 is good and we are able to take Kadence anywhere in the world other than the US.
Once we meet this two year physical custody the US Immigration will grant her a visa.
We are looking to travel mid October. The presidential election in Sierra Leone went very well last Saturday. The results are being tallied and are scheduled to be announced September 20. We are confident things will go well. The missionaries in Sierra Leone have been emailing regularly and all is going fine. Jehovah is truly blessing the work as they are overscheduled with bible studies.
Kadence send hugs through the missionaries every meeting! She is missing us a lot, but doing very well with the family she is staying with. We rented a downstairs apt. she is living upstairs with our landlord, Sister Samura. Sister Samura and her husband have taken in 6 orphans during the war. They are now growing fine and doing very well, they are all studying. They are, FA age 15, Emma age 15, Princess age 15, Isha age 13, Mabinty age 10 and Musa (the only boy) age 9. It is a large happy family and Kadence is in good hands while we are apart.
We have rented a storage unit in Wolfeboro for our items that we will use when we return. Our yardsales have gone very well, and we have a donation place that is taking the rest. The realtor is having an open house August 20, so hopefully we will find a buyer. If not than we can always rent.
Thankyou for the encouraging emails and cards.
The friends in Sierra Leone email their Love.
Once in Sierra Leone we will post more often,
Keeping in touch with friends and family is so important to us,
Love the Swifts
Wow, time sure is going fast. Where is summer? It was 50 degrees this morning?
Did enjoy the really hot weather a couple weeks ago.
To bring you up to date,
US Immigration has said that we can apply for a visa for Kadence after living with her for two years. Our Congressmans office has said to start applying after one year and they can get the ball rolling. Our adoption decree from Sierra Leone from 2005 is good and we are able to take Kadence anywhere in the world other than the US.
Once we meet this two year physical custody the US Immigration will grant her a visa.
We are looking to travel mid October. The presidential election in Sierra Leone went very well last Saturday. The results are being tallied and are scheduled to be announced September 20. We are confident things will go well. The missionaries in Sierra Leone have been emailing regularly and all is going fine. Jehovah is truly blessing the work as they are overscheduled with bible studies.
Kadence send hugs through the missionaries every meeting! She is missing us a lot, but doing very well with the family she is staying with. We rented a downstairs apt. she is living upstairs with our landlord, Sister Samura. Sister Samura and her husband have taken in 6 orphans during the war. They are now growing fine and doing very well, they are all studying. They are, FA age 15, Emma age 15, Princess age 15, Isha age 13, Mabinty age 10 and Musa (the only boy) age 9. It is a large happy family and Kadence is in good hands while we are apart.
We have rented a storage unit in Wolfeboro for our items that we will use when we return. Our yardsales have gone very well, and we have a donation place that is taking the rest. The realtor is having an open house August 20, so hopefully we will find a buyer. If not than we can always rent.
Thankyou for the encouraging emails and cards.
The friends in Sierra Leone email their Love.
Once in Sierra Leone we will post more often,
Keeping in touch with friends and family is so important to us,
Love the Swifts
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