The Cropsey family is back; praise the Lord! And our teacher has returned; hooray! We have missed them every single day this summer, and this picture shows how glad we are to have them back:
Arriving with the Cropseys, the Caleb and Krista Fader family is here to continue learning Kirundi before jumping into all the work ahead. The urgent need for Caleb's engineering skills has been quite apparent, as their first 24 hours at Kibuye included about 20 hours with no electricity. We hope that Caleb can facilitate getting a generator system in place later this year. : ) In the meantime, we love having them here with their adorable 1-year-old, Liam.
Also, Nicole has come from New York to help in the business office, among other things, for which we are very grateful. We really look forward to getting to know her. Below you see her first experience in front of the church at Kibuye as she was introduced to her new community yesterday.
And pictured above on the left, the Jesh and Julie Thiessen family from Canada has arrived as well. Jesh, a surgery resident, is here to operate and teach in the hospital for 10 weeks. They have jumped right in, helping from the moment they arrived, and even before, as they brought all kinds of helpful items for us and for the hospital in their luggage.
We thank God for bringing each of these people here to Kibuye. Please pray for them as they settle in.
Oh, Heather, what a joyful post! There is nothing better than a long-anticipated reunion!!! Praising God for the safe arrival of each of those sons and daughters of Christ!
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