Dear Pastor and friends,

          Furlough time is winding down. Praise the Lord! We have purchased our air fare and will be leaving February 14, 2009.

          Fourteen years ago we were approved as missionaries with six children. Slowly over the years they began to return to the States as they graduated high school. Our two oldest are married; Josh and Lani were married inn 2004 and Elisabeth and Kyle were married in 2008. Two are still in college; Hannah is in her third year and Rebekah is in her second year. One, Rachel, will stay and graduate high school here in the States and only one, our youngest, Caleb, will be returning to Ouagadougou with Mary and I.

          Mary and I did not realize the difficulty of leaving adult children behind. We have always had a very close relationship as a family. (No matter where one is it is really hard to see one’s children growing up and moving on in their young adult lives.) We truly covet your prayers for our family as we are beginning to experience “empty nest” syndrome.

          Thank you so much for standing with us in the ministries in Burkina Faso. Together we are seeing God’s mighty working among the Burkinabé.

In Christ,

Web Editor - Don Tarvin
Updated 05 Dec 2009