Heroic Rats and Prayer Requests

I can't make this up--it's just too outrageous. But in Angola, rats are doing life-saving humanitarian work.

Rats you say?!

Yep, rats. HeroRats. I read a cool article a few days ago about Gambian pouched rats that are trained to detect land mines--and their life-saving work in countries like Angola is an awesome example of innovation in the the humanitarian world. They are trained to detect land mines by scent, and they are able to work up to 20x faster in detecting mines than a human with a metal detector could! How cool is that? GO RATS GO!!!

Check out this article with a little video for more information about the Hero Rats in Angola--it's serious cool: The Giant Rats That Save Lives

Prayer Requests

Please continue to pray for our visa process. This has become so heavy on my heart as of late. Right now, it's the final step in a process that began way back in 2009 when we first talked to MAF at the Urbana Missions Conference. From there, we began orientation in November 2013, finished our fundraising in February, and look forward to moving as soon as we can get our visas! So will you pray for the process to happen soon? My heart longs to be in Angola--to start life there after living the last few years in limbo.

Please also keep MAF in your prayers as they work in Nepal, and the MAF staff in South Sudan particularly in your prayers, as the security situation there is rapidly deteriorating.