Greetings from Burundi!
We finished up our week in Nairobi on Saturday. Our days at Amani Kenya were full, but productive. Mom finished up a couple stitching projects, even making a pattern to pass along to another lady. She brought one of the new product concepts along to test it out with the ladies here and in Rwanda. I spent much of the last few days meeting with other leaders to hammer out details for the coming year.
Even in the nuts and bolts, I'm reminded of the resiliency of the Amani's family and the importance of this message of peace reaching every aspect of what Amani does. Amani's mission is expansive and deep, as is the gospel. After a week with the ladies of Amani Kenya, one line keeps ringing in my ears: "Amani ya dunia sio kama amani ya juu." The peace of the earth isn't like the peace from above.
The ladies in Nairobi sent us out as ambassadors with many prayers and plenty of greetings to their sisters in Burundi & Rwanda on Friday. As evidenced above, we've been welcomed heartily by our dear friend Goreth and her family. Tomorrow we'll start the first of our three days with the women of Amahoro ava Mw'Ijuru (Amani Burundi).
Not too much to report yet, but please pray for us as we begin the next phase of our time here:
- That we would be a true encouragement to the ladies here in Burundi, and especially Goreth (the Burundi Country Director)
- For creativity and wisdom in helping direct product design and marketing for these smaller centers
- For continued health. We've felt great (after the jet-lag wore off)!
- For joy and patience as we communicate across language barriers.
Thank you for walking with us.
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