Commissioning Service
On Saturday night we held the commissioning Service for the DTS. This is a time for us to celebrate what God has done in the last 14 weeks, and then look forwards to our time on outreach. The base leaders pray and commission the Outreach Team Leaders and then we as leaders pray for our team members. It is a special night.
The team leaves for Thailand on Monday and we leave for Zambia on Tuesday. I can't believe it is coming so fast, i have to do my packing tomorrow - yikes, nothing like leaving things to the last minute!
Once in Zambia we will be working with an organisation called 'Hands at Work', who are serving the HIV/AIDS community. We will be doing kids programs in the schools which they have set up and run, because Zambia has no public school system. Children who have lost parents to HIV/AIDS can not afford to go to school, and so do not receive an education. The man we will be working with is called Pastor Jacob. He and his wife started 18 schools for children who are orphaned or disadvantaged by HIV/AIDS, the disease which 16% of Zambians now have.
We have lots of fun ideas and are taking lots of supplies to help us love on these kids. We have been practising puppets and clown routines as well as a hip-hop dance, you can just imagine how cool I look doing that!!) So I am excited to share those with the kids we meet and make them smile.
We will also be taking trips out to the villages and doing home care visits with people who are dying of AIDS. We will help take care of them in simple ways, and spend time praying and ministering to them as well as taking care of their physical needs the best way we can.
Please pray for us
For safe travels, we leave Tuesday 9th Jan and arrive Thursday 11th Jan.
For grace at immigration and that we will get our Zambia visas without any problems
For health for the team
For UNITY!!!!That we might be a true example of Christ's love through our actions towards each other
For amazing opportunities to share our stories with people in Zambia
Thank you so much, and i look forward to seeing you SBC ers this spring when the team and I will debrief in London on our way back to Seattle. We will be sharing at the morning Service, so mark that one in your diaries March 4th 2007!!
posted by Chrissie @ 12:57 AM
4 Comments:
I look forward to hearing about the times and adventures. I so wish that i could be there with you, but sadly I will be working. But this is where God whats me to be. My prayers for you ben ad Jolene as you head to Africa. I dreamed of Africa.
God bless you all as you set out on your missions. I am praying for you. Sorry I won't be at SBC until April, so will miss seeing you there in March.
Jean Bubeck
Hey Chrissie. Hope all goes well for you in Africa, how amazing to be going there to do these incredible things for God. Will try so hard to be at SBC for March, would love to see you.
Love and God Bless from England's frozen north
Amy S xx
Could the hip-hop dance be any worse than dancing to N'SYNC!!
- Jess
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