I can’t believe it but by Tuesday morning I will be in Addis airport in Ethiopia, and by the evening, if everything goes to plan, we will be at the YWAM Rwanda base.
We will be spending 2 weeks at the YWAM Rwanda base helping them out and getting involved with their ministries. Then we’ll travel to Bujumbura in Burundi. During our time in Burundi we’ll be helping at orphanages, visiting refugee camps, military camps, prisons, and running conferences for pastors.
It’s easy to act bravado about all of this – I confess I do delight in telling people about all the possible dangers – tropical diseases, wild animals, rebels, but I think its important to say that none of us really feel that way. At times our task seems daunting, and it feels like the people we’re coming to have very high expectations of what we can offer them. Burundi is also the poorest country in the world, so I’m pretty sure I’m going to culture shock. But we know that this is something that God has called us to, and so we can faith that despite our weakness, God will do amazing things.
We’ll be using a mailing list to send out email updates of how the outreach is going. To signup for these updates visit here. I promise to take lots of photos but I doubt I’m going to have much email contact in the next 2 months so you’ll have to wait a while to see them. Please pray for me and the team…we need it!
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