What up friends,
Comin at ya from a wonderfully slow internet cafe in bujumbura, burundi typing on a french keyboard thatmakes no sense to me so please forgive the typos and lack of punctuation because i have no clue where it is. Ha.
Its been a long couple of days as emily and i have been sick, but I got better yesterday and she is looking much much better this morning. We had a great service at church on sunday and I had a great time working on vocal techniques with the church choir last night. We toured the construction site for the new church building yesterday as well, and it is getting close to being ready for the roof to be put on. We have been able to donate a significant chunk of cash towards the completion of this new community center thanks to all of our amazing supporters.
David is trying to post new pictures at the computer next to me right now, so be sure to check the pictures link on this page for some updates.
Plans for the next week include helping the church remove the roof of their old building so the iron sheeting can be recycled for use on the new building, visiting a tribe of pigmies on the outskirts of the city with some aid packages (clothing and food), and Chris Sayler is meeting with the local branch of World Relief that deals with micro financing and small business loans. Busy week ahead.
On a great side note, as i was writing this one of our new Burundian friends came in the internet cafe and stopped to talk to David and I. Its great to feel like we know some people around town after only being here for a week.
Peace and love from Burundi,
Chris Hoffman
Chris,
ReplyDeleteSuch great news. You can not imagine the great relief in seeing that the blog was updated today after nearly a week. So veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy glad to hear that you and Emily are OK after your illness, prayers are coming at you all the time.
In the future, could please give an update on each member of the team to let us know how everyone is doing and what they are doing (OK, please put alittle emphasis on Skyler since this is her Dad).
Please Blog often, you will never know how wonderful your words are (until you have kids and they want to go halfway around the world to a country with the lowest per capita income on the planet to show them the love of our God).
Know this, daily your name is being brought before the throne of our Almighty God, so go ahead and ask for whatever you need, their is a chorus echoing behind you.
Don't Stop Believin'
Father Bill