We hope and pray that you are having a blessed summer. Our summer is going well. We have really enjoyed having three EFM interns with us this summer. It has been wonderful to see the Lord at work in their lives, calling them and teaching them in various ways as they live in cross-cultural situations.
Currently, they are spending a week at a Missionary training school in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Our family is traveling there on Friday, July 11, to join them and explore what it might look like for Evangelical Friends to send future missionaries there for training. Please pray for wisdom for us, the interns, and the leaders of the school in Dar as we discern the possibility of students from EFC going there in the future.
On July 16, we will all travel to Burundi to join the EFC-MAYM Saltshaker team, a youth and young adult group that is coming to visit 
the Evangelical Friends Church of Burundi. Please pray with us for various church visits, meetings, and a youth camp with Burundi youth. Pray that we can 
be a blessing and also that our group will be attentive to learn from the Lord through our Burundi Friends and the special ways God is using them in their communities.
On July 31, our family will travel to Kenya for a few days of vacation before we travel back to Rwanda for the last few weeks of the summer.
Please pray…
- For Brad’s health, as his acid reflux symptoms are not yet resolved, and can cause lost sleep and other issues
- For our whole family, but especially our children, as they deal with unknowns, differences, and discomforts on this trip. Pray that they will turn to God for help, and that they see him and his glory in new and special ways
- For all of us (family, interns, and the U.S. team) to be willing to listen and be used by the Lord, to surrender to his will and his Kingdom over our own
- For the safety and health of everyone during flights, drives, and all of our stays.
We are really excited to see new things during this trip, to help in all the ways that we can, and to experience everything as a family. Thank you so much for praying for us and walking alongside us.
Love in Him, 
Brad & Chelsea
Sarai, Gideon, and Ian