Celebration

A year ago I had a message from a missionary friend in Mali to let me know that mutual friends of ours were in need. A young Beninese couple living in Kandi had been expecting their first child. The husband had to go to France for training, and the baby had been born 3 weeks early. Fortunately the young mother had her mother-in-law with her, but the baby was on oxygen, and our friend asked me to go and visit.

This hospital visit was the beginning of a deeper friendship between our two families, and this last Sunday we were pleased to be invited to the little girl's first birthday party.