Saturday, April 17, 2010

On our way to Africa!

First of all, I will say I am officially the world's worst blogger! But this is worth another update!

We are on our way to Africa again! This time Martin and I will be leading a group of 9 teenagers to Kenya and Zambia for 6 weeks! We have a really sweet group of students who are excited to bring the message of Jesus!


Let me introduce our team...

Simone!
Kristian!

Tobias! Camilla!

Louise!
Julie! Johanna!Adam! And us!!

It's a really good, small group! The first two weeks of our trip we will spend in Nakuru, Kenya where we will be working with an organization called IAS, International Aids Service.
(www.ias.nu). We will be staying at a church called Filadelfia Church. It is a small community that has an orphanage and a Women's Crisis Center. We will be staying in the school where the orphans go each day. During our time in Kenya, we will be doing a lot of big events, going out into the communities and inviting people to come each night where we will be involved in helping with the locals whowill put on big concerts and events in order to share the gospel. During the day, we will be working in the schools and with the orphan children. We will also minister, pray and encourage those from the Women's Cirisis Center. In Kenya, we will be living right in the heart of a Kenyan community, so we will get to experience the real everyday life of the locals.


Filadelphia Women's Crisis Center and the place we will stay. Some children from the orphanage

After that, we will fly to Ndola, Zambia where we will be for the next three weeks. We will be staying at Kaniki Bible College where Euroclass has a house there. During these three weeks we will work with three different ministries; Life line, School Mission and Kaniki Orphan Project. Lifeline is a project where we will take supplies and medical care to surrounding communities and minister to the people there. When we are working with School Mission we will be visiting 3 schools a day and making a 45-1 hour assembly where the students will use their drama, dancing and preaching, and then we will work with Kaniki Orphan Project the last week as well as doing practical building assignments for some local missionaries.



Lifeline
School Mission

Our last week we will have a little vacation down in Livingstone, Zambia. We will stay right next to one of the 7 Wonders of the World, Victoria Falls. These days we will debrief the trip, Safari, bungi jump and relax.



Prayer Points:

  • Please pray for our safety throughout all the traveling and time we spend in Africa.
  • Pray for Martin and I as leaders to be always full of God's wisdom in decision making and leading our team.
  • Pray against sickness
  • Pray for the hearts of the students to be opened up and changed to be even more passionate for the heart of Jesus.
  • Pray for the people we meet, that they would know the realness of the love of God.
  • Pray for unity in our team, a family atmosphere.
  • Pray that above all, God's name will be glorified in all we do.
Last, but not least...here is a Euroclass video from the last Africa trip so you can get an idea of what we will be doing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWCGZ_4QmtU


Thank you for all your prayers, please pray with us as throughout the next 1.5 months. We leave on April 29 and return to DK June 10. THEN TO TEXAS JUNE 28!!! :)

2 comments:

Saul said...

Sounds like you will have an awesome trip. If you want some more information about places to stay and things to do in Livingstone check out the local tourism associations website http://www.livingstonetourism.com

dktropp said...

OK - It's June 19 and I'm wondering how the trip went. I've been thinking about you and praying for you. I just keep thinking about you like you should be in home group - kind of like "where is she!" Anyway, noticed on this blog that you will be coming to Texas June 28. Yay. I'm sure your Mom and Dad will be thrilled to have you here. Not sure how long you'll be here, but we'll probably see you 2 at church. All our love. David and Kerri Tropp