A Treat by Phone

It had been over a week since anyone of us had spoken with Johanna (and even longer since her father had had any quality phone time), so I took a chance to see if I could catch her on a mid-week evening. I was successful in connecting and was able to chat for about 10 minutes before she had to walk down to the dining area for supper. We were able to set up a time for a longer conversation from the Beachy household on Sunday.

Johanna wanted to go over the logistics of purchasing her return ticket. She hopes to travel from Rwanda along with her classmate, Laura, and then stay a couple of days in London (where she hopes to visit with her friend, Mary, from the Mercy Ship's Segue program that she attended in 2006). That will give her a little more 'decompression time' to begin the process of returning to a developed economy -- as well as holding off saying goodbye to each other for as long as possible!

The class is still planning to travel to Kenya for their period of ministry. The leaders of the school felt strongly led even before the class began that Kenya would be the destination for their outreach time. They are still praying for the direction as to the detailed location and logistics. Please join them in remembering the country of Kenya during this difficult time of national turmoil. I have included some links for helpful information to inform your prayers:

Operation World
SIM: Serving in Mission
Christianity Today
Mission Network News
The Christian Post
Newsweek "There Will Be Blood"

Johanna said (since her mother was interested in knowing) that the meals are good and that the mid-day and evening meals especially are plentiful. She is enjoying the food in Rwanda much better than what she occasionally experienced in Ghana in 2006.

Johanna and her classmates continue to participate in outreaches in the area of Kigali (it is not just all class time for them) as well as having assigned job duties as part of the community responsibilities for the YWAM school.

She greatly appreciates your prayers and encouragement!!