Greetings on day 33, Friday. This is our last full day in Sri Lanka. We are still in Colombo staying with Pri at his brother’s house. Again we have been spoiled. Anna went way beyond the call of duty for breakfast this morning and fixed “American” … scrambled eggs, bacon and waffles with genuine maple syrup. Wow was that good!

Anyway, we did some packing this AM, then headed for the Indian Ocean. On the way we caught a “tuk-tuk”, the little 3-wheelers you see all over the streets here. He took us the rest of the way to a hotel that had a private beach which we were able to use by just buying a couple glasses of fresh-squeezed orange juice. No problem there. This was our opportunity to swim in another ocean. It was actually a little more refreshing than the Med Sea on the Israel coast. Didn’t stay in too long, just long enough for pix. Then we went to lunch with Pri, meeting a friend of his, Evangeline, a Sri Lankan believer who has her degree in psychiatry and has been using it not only in SL but in Bangladesh.

Now we are back at the house, finishing packing, wrapping up financial and ministry related matters with Pri. We are trying to come home with some improvements in the way Pri reports the camp finances so we at CBC can satisfy the IRS (is that ever possible?). We will go to bed early (Lord willing, we hope) and be up by 1AM for a taxi to the airport. Have to be there 3 hours early apparently. Don’t actually fly out until 5:25AM, back to Tel Aviv for the final few days in Israel. We may be away from the computer for a little while though should have internet by Sat night Israel time.

Thanks for you who have been travelling along with us here and on FB. We will be in touch again soon Lord willing.