July 24, 2008
We are in the midst of a busy summer schedule. The YCEW high school team was here for 3 weeks and are now safely back in Oregon. They had a good, busy trip with us. Now we are in the midst of planning for the Kumbya Conference. There will be 130 missionaries, including their kids, coming from Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda. David is coordinating the conference with two other missionaries, and I’m overseeing the cooking.
We are also receiving a college team and Gregg Pricket from Rose Drive Friends Church tomorrow. They will come to Kumbya with us. They are going to teach VBS for the kids, and Gregg will be our speaker. We are looking forward to a good time of fun and fellowship there.
As soon as Kumbya is over, Gwen and I (Debby) will be going to Oregon for a couple of weeks. Gwen has been having a really hard time with reading and we have tried everything we know how to help her here. EFM had graciously allowed us to set up a trip to the states to get her the help she needs. She will be seeing some specialists who will hopefully be able to help us know how to help her. I will also be attending a conference at George Fox College put on by Food for the Hungry on Transformational Development. I will have a brief break out presentation there.
In September Breanna will be going to Rift Valley Academy boarding school in Kenya. This is hard for our family, but at the same time Breanna is very excited for the opportunity. We belive that God has directed us in making this decision and that he will provide for our needs.
In the 11 years that we have lived in Rwanda, we have never been to Kenya. So we have decided that since Dave and I will be there to get Breanna settled in school that we will take a week to have a family vacation there as well. So, we will all be in Kenya in the end of August until the beginning of September. We are very much looking forward to getting away and enjoying each other’s company one last time before Breanna goes to school.
So, that is our busy summer in a nutshell. In the midst of this my team of volunteer development workers and I are doing community research to find out where we will begin our transformational development work. In fact, I leave in an hour to go to the community that we are thinking of working in. It’s about and hour walk in each direction—at least I’ll get my exercise!
Thank you for your support, your prayers, and your friendship.
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Debby, I enjoy your updates. Since we've sent a child there and back again, our interest in the work in Rwanda is heightened. (Another positive side-effect of the whole YCEW program.) We've enjoyed seeing the hundreds of pictures from the kids' trip, and hearing the stories and perceptions of our youth. Last Sunday (7/27) some of the kids shared at West Chehalem and we went along.
Thanks again, SO MUCH, for hosting the kids and letting them see you as real-life people working at ministering in another culture.
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