Dear ministry partners,
Please join in praying for the trip I’m taking to Burundi, East Africa. Don’t feel bad if you don’t know where it is – no one I’ve talked to does! It is a new location for us, and we are excited about some of the options God is granting. Here are the details with some prayer requests:
Pathways in Burundi – April 21-28, 2025
Key People – Isaiah and Jean Bosco (Burundi coordinators), Matthew (Pathways teammate) and Eric
Overview – This is the first time Pathways has entered Burundi due to many years of political instability. Pastor Jean Bosco in Bujumbura and Pastor Isaiah in Ngozi will be coordinating the two conferences aimed at casting vision and establishing a plan for a Pathways network in the future.
Itinerary
- April 21-23 – Travel to Bujumbura, Burundi. Two nights of no sleep followed by traveling to Ngozi, meetings, then going straight into training the next few days. Please pray for joyful endurance.
- April 23-24 – Pre-launch conference and meetings in Ngozi.
- April 25-26 – Meetings and Pre-launch conference in Bujumbura.
- April 27 – Travel to Nairobi, Kenya, meet with Silas our local coordinator, discuss plans for future training in Kenya.
- April 28 – Travel home.
Prayer Requests
- Burundi has been unstable politically for many years, and is still a bit delicate. Please pray for increased peace in this country, and that we will be allowed to travel there and train.
- Pray that my training partner Matthew and I will be able to function well after an unusually long trip with no sleep going straight into training for four days.
- Pray for good relationship building and planning with our two coordinators, Jean Bosco (Bujumbura) and Isaiah (Ngozi). They both want us to train in their city, but we can only establish one network, so we will need to work together. Pray we can build unity between the two coordinators.
- Pray for the meeting with Silas in Kenya on 27th, and for wisdom in discerning a way forward.
- Pray for Holly to feel well while I’m away.