June 25th

Ministry Partners,

  To say we've had an interesting two days would be an understatement!

True to form the enemy has been throwing rocks and pebbles with a fervor, but as usual we have watched God's provision in all areas as he's given us wisdom on how to handle the situation.  Praise Jesus as he's provided helping hands around the world, (thank you A. & K.).

  We are reminded event by event that God opens doors no man can close and closes doors no man can open.  We are currently re-presenting our documents in preparation for the prison ministry.  It seems as though we are too busy to be settling in but the more the Lord allows us to accomplish then the more at home Rwanda makes us feel.

  Today we visited the Bible Society of Rwanda to schedule a delivery of the Bibles for this afternoon.  We discussed a small monument on the property there for three employees that were killed during the genocide.  It was erected as recently as a year ago.

Arlene and Francois from Rwanda Bible Society

  I was excited for sure when I was told that the new exchange rate allowed for us to purchase over 30 additional Bibles.  At the pace we are already going I am concerned about being able to carve enough time for posting.  Sleep has not come easy for me as it's been about 1 AM for me to get to bed the last two nights.

  Hopefully Chad will be able to fill in some gaps for me so look for updates posted by him on this blog.  When all else fails Chad to type, which he does so quickly with flying fingers for me while I am accomplishing manual tasks and just talking about events of the day (Why, thank you Arlene! -Chad).  He is like one of those text-to-speech programs but will add a few words here and there for me as well.  (Thank you, Chad -Arlene)

That none would be lost,

Arlene