Petersons’ 1st.
New and Notes from Burundi
February 2, 2011
“It is finished” packing that is!
Nov. 23, 2010
What’s
Happening?
The container was loaded and
trucked to Long Beach, CA
1-11-11 and SHIPPED 1-19-11.
• Books are Praise the Lord!
on the way
• Flexibility is Flexibility
a must
Our plans have changed
several times in the last
• Our new few months. The con-
home for a tainer did not leave in No-
season vember as planned, and
the house we thought we
would have in JHB did not
• Contact in- work out. However, when
formation you have committed your
way to the Lord, you
• Praise must roll with the
punches. Already we can
see His wisdom in the
• Prayer changes that have taken
requests place.
We really need to be here
for some time, and we
need all the time we have
now to get things ready
for the arrival of the con-
tainer.
All is well!
Phase One is now complete, and the 53,500 fantastic books (official
count) are on their way to Burundi via Dar es Salaam, TZ. We recently
heard that the container will change ships two times during the trip.
The expected date of arrival is the first week of April. We are most
grateful for everyone who helped get this amazing project underway.
Now on to Phase Two. We are in Bujumbura now, settled for the
time being and beginning to prepare for the arrival of this wonderful gift
from God to a people lacking in educational materials. History tells us
that in the past many were denied an education, so it is a real gift. A lot
of training lies ahead, but God is meeting a major need.
The first matters of concern are finance to pay for the unloading of the
container at its resting place, the best locations for the container and
the ELI lending library. We feel now that it needs to be closer into the
city than the seminary property in order to reach the maximum num-
ber of people.
Contacts need to be made again with the Ministry of Education and the
heads of Primary Schools to find those people who will be selected to
participate in the Rolling Library project. This is another huge task.
Melinda’s first day in her new
kitchen, NO counters to wipe and
two gas burners to cook on, but it
is very nice. It is like camping--you
make do with what you have.
New friends from S. Africa, Bruce and Gillian
Milne, are friends of our friends the Cillies in
JHB. Bruce is a geologist working here. He
was kind enough to come pick us up at the
airport at 9 pm and take us to their home.
Noon the next day, he sent us off with his
driver to Discovery School and the mission
compound where Lynda was eagerly awaiting
our arrival. The three of us will share this
This BLUE strip is a door casing. Like the
cottage. We have no fridge, but one is com-
color? It matches all of our doors.
ing next week.
Lynda and Dale are ready for
lunch at our nice dinning room
table. We have 3 extra chairs,
one extra room, screens on all
of our windows and hot water.
Do come and visit.
New Burundi Contact Information:
I have waited a few days to send this letter out, so that I could include all of our new contact
information, we would love to hear from you. The four Christmas cards we received in JHB
were a very special gift. Thank you, friends.

We have a local cell phone; the number is + 257-75-648282. Our postal mailing address is P O
Box 734, Bujumbura, Burundi, East Africa. Please do not put ICM in the address, just our names.
Lynda reports that air mail comes in 10-12 days and padded envelopes come through ok.
Donor Information:
If you would like to partner with us through prayer, financial support or perhaps a short-term
ministry trip, we would love to hear from you. For a tax-deductible receipt, please mail your
check payable to ICM to P O Box 9071, Bakersfield, CA 93389-9071 and include a note that it
is for Dale and Melinda Peterson’s personal support. Together we can bless Burundi and help
lead many to the peace, freedom and true love of Jesus Christ.

A Sunday School class in East Africa

Praise the Lord
• That Hannah’s sinus surgery went
well this week.
• That we arrived in S. Africa and Bu-
rundi with no problems in travel or
with baggage weight limits.
• That the Lord went before us and
Lynda had found a good place for
us to live.
• That in this first week we have had
five meetings to establish contact
with Burundians and more set up
next week. Two were with Scripture
Union and Trans World Radio.
• That Melinda will have her first
SSTT course in the next couple of
weeks.
• That we have real peace that the
Lord is in control and will open all
doors for what He wants done.
• For new friends, good fresh veggies
and hot water in our house.
Prayer Needs
• That we have the mind of Christ for
the perfect place to park the con-
tainer.
• We must again trust the Lord for
several thousand dollars for two
cranes to lift the container off a
chasse and put it into place.
• We need direction, wisdom and a
store-front location to rent for the
Lending Library / Reading Room.
• Please pray for retired teachers to
help teach English and teaching
skills to primary school teachers.
• Please pray for people with library
skills who can help set up the
Library.
• Finance for office equipment.
• For Lynda as she travels soon to
Zimbabwe and on to the US for a
while.
• Please pray for our personal health
and strength.
Phase Two is bigger than Phase One.
Thank you for your continued help.
Blessings,
Dale and Melinda