We’re excited!!
We have seen God move marvelously in opening the doors for us (Leslie & Tim) to travel to Burundi this summer! We have purchased tickets, gotten our shots and prepared for a 9-day visit in Bujumbura, the capital city.
Our goals for the trip are:
- See the sewing school in action
- Meet with students and hear their stories
- Talk to missionaries and others doing development work
- Look at new opportunities such as a rice farming project
We are especially looking forward to meeting with Pastor Boniface and his wife as he has been doing all the heavy lifting for the school.
Our needs:
- Safety in travel
- Health protection from Covid and from tropical disease in Burundi
- Insight into the situation in the sewing school and in Burundi as well
- Cultural sensitivity in navigating the Burundian culture
- Wisdom to know how to respond appropriately to needs we encounter
- Provision of outstanding finances to cover hotel and ground transportation costs
For all these things we ask for your prayers and intercession. We are entirely dependent on the Lord to help make this trip a success. In addition, we are fully grateful for your support in prayer and in giving. Thank you for your partnership!
In Christ,
Tim & Leslie Boettcher
Hello, Leslie ~ I AM SO PROUD OF YOU !!! Thank you for your sacrificial life for the people of Burundi. I have been working in the Ngozi Province since 2005. – Because of unrest, I was not there several years and resumed our work in 2020. Please see Heartswithoutborders.net We have Hope Medical Clinic (with a newly opened birthing center); Hope Sewing Machine School and Hope Computer School. We have about 1200 graduates from our sewing school but I have not been able to find anyone to help us take the next step for the graduates – how to market their sewing, manufacturing, etc. Can you tell me where you are able to buy your treadle machines for $162? That’s a great price and would make it so much more affordable for graduates to participate in getting their own machines after graduation. We are originally from Vancouver – so it was fun to see you are in Beaverton! We are pastors in Sacramento (just completed 40 years!) May the Lord bless you ~ I would love your partnership in any way we can help one another expand the ministries God has asked us to steward! Blessings be multiplied! Jeri Matson