I will miss you all so much. I have no idea what's going to go on in 11 months, most of which I have so little idea of what's going on, and no real plan for getting home after hiking after the missions with Dirk Brussow, and a bit of a vague Christmas Plan.

But, I have faith that it'll be amazing! Because I know that this is where I am supposed to be going. And to know you are doing what God wants you to is simply incredible. It's like getting a flashlight while hiking in the dark! No more worries!

I will miss you at Augustana, you from C&C, you from Camp, and FAMILY!

But I will miss my outback hat more than I should miss an object. You see I left it the top of a glacier with a rock on it, after a 6 hour uphill hike in the middle of the rockies. SO, my dear hat will be left to enjoy the view and grow wise from the mountains until I return for it in a year.

Let me tell you about my fundraising. I had a to put a lot of faith in God when he told me to quit my job and go to kid's camp, but he provided more than I needed to get back to Augustana without a student loan!

So I asked God to spare me the fear that comes with meeting a money deadline, and help me get all the money in I needed without stress.

He answered me and I was done fundraising 3 months early. Wheww.. Whoa.

I'm leaving to Barhead monday to help Trevor and Amy and my new nephew Samuel with the construction of their new house, and I'll come to Camrose just before I fly out on September 12th.

The website I will update ever two weeks or so while in Africa is
http://benscholten.myadven
tures.org/    (This one)

I want you guys to pray for me while I'm gone, even if you aren't Christians, because he hears everything, and he'll stick his hand in you life and change it for the better in his will. I need the support and safety from your prayer. It's a little dangerous I hear...

Goodbye Canadians! Goodbye Canoe trips and hiking!

Ben Scholten