After returning from N’Djamena on the 7th, I left with several pastors from les Assemblées Chrétiennes au Tchad (ACT) on the 9th to do our annual trip to visit missionary posts in the east. We had planned to do the same route as other years, but some late rains made the roads impassable so we had to go in a different direction. This wasn’t too disappointing for me because it allowed me to visit several places I’d never been before. So instead of heading southeast from Abeche, we headed northeast to higher elevations and dryer roads.