MALAWI - New Plan

For those of you who have been keeping up with our progress... I am so sorry for the delay in updates! I want to let everyone know that, due to a major change in the school's schedule, we are having to postpone our mission trip to Malawi. For many years, Bear Valley has started the school year in early September and ended in June. This next year, it will start in early August and end in May. This means that we would go to Malawi in July and start right up when we returned, which was "do-able" for David and I, but not for Wayne Burger, the instructor we were going to be travelling with. This causes a major problem for him since he would not have adequate time between our return and the beginning of the school year to do everything he needs to do to prepare for his classes and take care of things at home.

While we greatly appreciate the donations that we have received - and we will continue to be raising funds throughout the summer and the following school year - we will not have the newsletter as planned with all of the exciting details about our trip until next summer. This does, however, give us a much needed opportunity to travel in the states during the month of July. We hope to have the chance to visit some of our supporting congregations as well as spend some time with family. Thank you again to those who have generously contributed to this effort, which, while delayed, will be worth the time spent preparing and certainly a great work. It will be a wonderful opportunity to build up the brethren in Malawi. God bless, and thanks.

-The Rollerts