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PETERSON NEWS & NOTES from BUJUMBURA, BURUNDIMay 10, 2011
Things are a bit shaky, but we are trusting God!Things are a bit shaky, but we are trusting God!Things are a bit shaky, but we are trusting God!Things are a bit shaky, but we are trusting God!
May 2, 2011
We are Ready and Waiting! Today we had word that the con-tainer left Dar es Salaam yesterday, Sunday May 1. However we had
heard earlier that it left last Thursday? We trust it will arrive in thenext day or two. Painito, the ICM director, is to leave Thursday the
5th for the US, and we are to leave on Thursday the 12th.
Other Training Dale is teaching a Business English lan-
guage course at the Reserve Bank downtown and has enjoyedthe challenge. Melinda is half way through her latest Sunday
school teacher training and will finish 4 days before we leave.
She has expanded the basic course to include much more aboutearly childhood development as that is of great interest here. H
focus has changed to include church leaders and parents. Pleas
pray for wisdom and more open doors. We hope to see many oyou soon. Our base while in the Denver area will be with Helen
and Larry Strait. Hope to see you soon.
Blessings, Dale and MelindaDale and MelindaDale and MelindaDale and Melinda
Picture above is of the inside front wall at thehouse ICM is renting as an office, residence and
for English classrooms. The wall is approximately
9 ft. high, with broken glass cemented on the topto help security. A crane is to lift the 40- ft.,
50,000-lb. container off the truck trailer, up and
over this wall and place it on these four cement
and rock supports that have been built. The con-tents will remain in the container until we return in
mid to late August.
Rolling Library Last week we held avery successfulnine-hour training course /
seminar for 182 primary school teachers from
18 schools throughout Bujumbura. Theseteachers speak French & Kirundi and a little
English. They will be using the books in theRolling Library. English is 1 of 8 subjects theymust teach, and they are very limited in their
knowledge and speaking skills of the language.
Joy Johnson from Buja put the course to-gether for us and taught at one school. Dale
and I each taught at different schools, and
Sandy LeDoux taught at the fourth. Bob and
Sandy came for a week to Buja from Denver tohelp with this training and spy out the land for
further ministry. Bob filmed in two class-
rooms. The past week has been an intense teameffort, and what a blessing it was. To God be
all the glory!
We Need Teachers to train Teachers herein the public schools and librarians to help
organize the books. Please pray about using
your experience and your English languageskills to help this nation. We cannot plan train-ing without teachers. Please contact us. We
would love to talk with you and share ministry
possibilities. < [email protected]> or
303-425-1484 Jareds home phone.
ARRIVED SAFE AND SOUND
Monday May 9, 2011 5:00 pm
Thank you Jesus!
Thank you all for your prayers and support. God
used you to bless Burundi, the Heart of Africa.
Part of the wall had to be broken
down before the crane came.Here it sits!
One happy guy!