Zach to travel home

Zach is doing well and Dr. Mead gave us the go-ahead to travel so this morning we began our long journey back by car with the Rabenolds. We crossed the Kenya-Tanzania border this afternoon and made it to Moshi, Tanzania, in the shadows of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Please pray for our safe travels and for Zach's comfort. We will have a long day of driving tomorrow as we try to reach Iringa. Then Wednesday on to Mbeya where we'll do some shopping for supplies and then travel 6 hours Thurday to be reunited with our other children and guests (Jordan and Corbin) in Mumba where our other missionaries have been taking care of them.

Zach will be in a cast for 4 weeks and then we will cut it off and Ted Rabenold will help me pull the two pins out that are holding Zach's tibia together. Then he will wear a special cast/boot for 4 more weeks at which time we'll have an x-ray taken and sent to Dr. Mead to determine how he is healing..

We are thankful to everyone that helped us get Zach treated. We saw God's hand in many ways during this trial. Terese wrote down 14 ways that we saw God's hand along the way and we'd love to share them with you if you are interested, just let us know.

God is Good,
Mike for the Bentons


To all our followers,

Jordan and Corbin will not be coming home November 17th as planned. The plans are for them to return December 3rd. Their transfer from the Bentons to the Allens was backed up and they would still like to have as much time with their Uncle as possible. This will allow them a month with him and his family. They will be entering Zambia either the 6th or 7th. They will be traveling with Dan Moyer who will be in the Bentons area for a wedding and then traveling back to his home which is about two hours from Steve's home. It will be a blessing to the Allens who were going to have to travel 12 hours to pick up Jordan and Corbin. That is the plans for now, but we are learing quickly that in Africa........... you just wait and see!