The entrance of the International Learning Center where we will be for the next eight weeks. We are here with 248 other missionaries (112 men and 136 women); along with 106 children. It is the fourth largest group ever to train here.

As the time nears for us to leave for orientation in Virginia, we are getting the "loose ends" taken care of. A friend made the comment recently, about the "closing out" on one end and the "new beginnings" on the other. This is what we are experiencing at this point; we had them with Costa Rica and Israel too. It's from these experiences that also let us know that we have new "beginnings" we are looking forward to.