As our sons begin anew this week, I am happy to begin this new blog/sharing forum for any who are interested in participating. During the past week or so I have enjoyed the great opportunity to become acquainted with many of you through emails and phone calls. Several have suggested an email group or some other method of exchanging information and communicating with one another. I have decided a blog is the best method. That way, we can all access the page as often as we wish, share photos, letter excerpts, transfer info and other news at our leisure. And I have set it up in a way that when my son returns home, the page can be handed off to another parent whose son is still in the field. I hope this works out and that we can all benefit from this new association with each other!
I am saddened that the boys had to leave Cote d'Ivoire, but at the same time I am truly grateful that they are out of harm's way. I have never been nervous or fearful during the 18 months of Aaron's mission. I have been blessed with the tender mercy of complete peace of mind. The Lord has truly blessed me with the Holy Ghost as my Comforter, for that I am truly grateful.
I am excited that an independent Togo/Benin Mission will soon be opened and that our sons have the opportunity to be a part of that great event! Aaron has spent his entire mission thus far in Cote d'Ivoire, and I know he will be thrilled to have a new adventure in Togo. I'm looking forward to hearing from him tomorrow so he can tell me first-hand how the events of the past week have unfolded and how he feels about them. (For those of you who have had sons in Togo, how is the email service there? Did you get them every week? How about postal service?)
Please post and let us all know where your son ended up!
I am new to this blog thing, so please, any advice, comments, suggestions, complaints etc. are more than welcome!
Love to you all!
Cindy Cunningham
(North Salt Lake, Utah)
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What an excellent idea for this blog, Cindy! I love that there are 3 Kalleen/Kaleen/Colleens on here! :) To answer a couple of questions, there were only a couple of times that we had any trouble with Cameron's emails coming through when he served in Togo (or Benin for that matter). It's always been very reliable. I didn't send my son very many packages due to the fact it usually took anywhere from 2 to 6 months to get there and the chances that they'd be "searched" was always prevalent. Although, all but one got there. And aside from one "rat invasion", they were pretty much intact with everything in them. I had heard from other moms, however, that their packages had been subject to searches and things taken out of them. Just use TONS of packaging tape. Maybe that's why they didn't bother with the ones I sent! haha
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