more logistics...

I've decided not to go to China after Burundi. I realized for one thing that I would be quite exhausted by the end of both trips (I would have returned home to the States around mid-August). Burundi will probably quite exhausting by itself, so by the time I add on another month and a half in a different foreign country (with a totally different culture, nonetheless)... it would be no good. In addition, I realized that my motives for going to China were not quite where they should have been.

And just to clarify, I believe that K2 is not a mountain, though that would be cool. Pretty sure that's Kieran. And to clarify for anyone else reading... we have two groups of two people going on this trip. Jeremie and David are leaving from LA to London on the 15th of May and arriving in Burundi on the 17th. Chris (Hoff) and myself (Christopher) are going from Denver to London then to Bujumbura leaving Denver on the 20th, and arriving in Burundi on the 22nd. From what I can gather, Kieran (in LA) is still up in the air as to whether he will join us for a bit of the trip. Hope that helps!

PS: I just bought round-trip tickets to London from Denver, and I'm on the same flights as Hoff, so we're good to go for flights!

We have liftoff!

I'm proud to say we've gotten past the first of our hurdles thanks to God. We all have tickets to Bujumbura and have managed to all get the same return flight, which is amazing. As we move forward, here are a few things to pray for:

- Chris's decision to go to China or not: that God would give him direction and clarity.
- The safety of our team: keep praying not only for safety during our trip but before and after, as the enemy will try to deter us from the path that has been set before us.
- Kieran's decision to join us or not: that God will give Kieran the means to come with us if he is to be on this trip (I for one think he should come).


Some thoughts:

"If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it." - Mark 8:34-35

"My yoke is easy and my burden is light" - Matthew 11:30

so... uhm?

Who's K2? Is that Kieran? Or do we have a really tall mountain going on the trip with us?

Wow...a real blog!

Ok we must be officially doing something because we have a blog for it. It must be true folks cuz now its on the internet. Except for that in this case...it is true. Sayler and I are in the process of looking for tickets from Denver to meet up with the boys from California and hit the beautiful shores of Lake Tanganyika (try saying that 10 times fast...) in Bujumbura, Burundi. If all goes well, we'll have a nice little layover to hang out in London on our way down to Africa. So there's your update from the Colorado half of the team...more coming soon =)

-Hoff

Finding Tickets...

Well it's official! We have a blog and we're committing to our trip to Burundi! Of course there's the small matter of getting plane tickets but we're closing in on resolving such minor details. It's a shame we don't have a picture of just the four of us but I'm sure we'll have plenty when we get back! As far as we know, the plan is to go to Burundi through London and Amsterdam, and spend a week or two in Europe on our way back. Weekend fun includes writing support letters. =P