1) Just as Kristy was about to give up on coming home at Christmas, God opened a seat for her on a return flight so she could use her frequent flyer miles.
2) Hector, the Warao translator, is continuing to improve from his stroke.
3) Birch's class at Bob Jones went really well.
4) BI is going to try to complete the checking of the Zobya NT with the translator in the US. We will that do final quality checks with the committee in Myanmar.
5) We have our tickets for Asia and a good workshop schedule.
6) Birch's grandmother has stabilized enough that his mother was able to return to Venezuela.

 Please, continue to pray:

1) The hotel in Myanmar/Burma has asked us to give them until the end of August to try to get us accommodations. They are really bending over backwards to make something available for us so keep praying that something opens up. It will be very difficult for us to be there for 2 months otherwise.
2) Pray that we can get extended visas for Myanmar/Burma.
3) There is no change regarding the situation of BI in India. Please pray that things are resolved quickly and that BI is given official status.
4) Pray for the 4 short-termers coming with us. Pray for unity and a real team spirit among all of us.