Furiously Packing

Dear Friends and Family,

The situation here remains tense. MSF is arriving today with personnel, tents, fences and medical supplies. There is talk of setting up their own testing center, which would help things. As for us, we will officially close CSB tomorrow, Monday, and depart by road, hopefully by mid-morning. Most of our staff are from outside of the district, and really want to be out of here as soon as possible. Kev has been holding meeting after meeting trying to wrap things up so that the students and staff can be released by early morning. Exams are all finished and our staff have worked around the clock to get their grades finished in record time. Many of the staff wives have come by to debrief and to share their concerns and rising panic... most of them have little ones just like us and want to be anywhere but here. In between juggling the somewhat normal business of keeping everyone fed, I am packing up for an extended time out of the district. We have had our Christmas decorations up for awhile now and so we are taking them all down and praying that there would be an apartment or house where we could stay for the next several weeks. Please pray for our children in the midst of all the rushing around and packing. Like all children they are eagerly awaiting Christmas in a familiar place and now we have no idea where we will be. Please continue to pray for Jennifer and Scott Myhre, who are praying through how to juggle the needs of their family and the very real needs of the district.

Much Love and Gratitude,
JD