We have arrived in Nairobi safely. So far, all is going well. We are at the airport about to depart for Burundi. Love you all and thank you for your prayers!
Love, Donna/Mom
Saturday, June 02, 2007
arrived safely
We have arrived in Nairobi safely. So far, all is going well. We are at the airport about to depart for Burundi. Love you all and thank you for your prayers!
Love, Donna/Mom
Love, Donna/Mom
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
God's Grace Today
We are preparing to leave for two weeks on a mission trip to Burundi, Rwanda, and Kenya. God's grace has been evident in abundance these last few days.
My mother went to the hospital for an emergency surgery, then there were complications. She had been in for over three weeks, but she went home last Friday and is doing well. We found out a couple of months ago that Ed's mom had a growth in/on her thyroid. She had a test done last week and we found out yesterday that there is no cancer there.
Financing a trip the size of this mission trip is always a concern to us. We are a support-based organization, operating on donations. We committed to raise the funds for our costs plus the translations, Bibles, and conference costs, over $20,000. We have never raised that much for one project before. We were getting close but still had $2,000 left a week before leaving. I got a call from a local, Christian businessman, to whom I had submitted a proposal for funding. He asked how much we had left, I told him. He said that I will put a check in the mail tomorrow for it. God's grace is always on time.
We know that we will probably get more donations even while we are gone. Our experience has been that there are usually unexpected expenses on the trip that match the amount we receive after we leave. God's grace and provision is always on time.
My mother went to the hospital for an emergency surgery, then there were complications. She had been in for over three weeks, but she went home last Friday and is doing well. We found out a couple of months ago that Ed's mom had a growth in/on her thyroid. She had a test done last week and we found out yesterday that there is no cancer there.
Financing a trip the size of this mission trip is always a concern to us. We are a support-based organization, operating on donations. We committed to raise the funds for our costs plus the translations, Bibles, and conference costs, over $20,000. We have never raised that much for one project before. We were getting close but still had $2,000 left a week before leaving. I got a call from a local, Christian businessman, to whom I had submitted a proposal for funding. He asked how much we had left, I told him. He said that I will put a check in the mail tomorrow for it. God's grace is always on time.
We know that we will probably get more donations even while we are gone. Our experience has been that there are usually unexpected expenses on the trip that match the amount we receive after we leave. God's grace and provision is always on time.
Monday, May 28, 2007
Do you remember?
Do you remember the horror we felt on September 11th?
I was in NYC a month later to counsel with the Billy Graham Association. I saw the pile of rubble that was once the twin towers, I smelled the smouldering mangle of steel, concrete, and hundreds of burned offices, I felt small flakes still falling all around.
Today we are remembering those who died so that we can still live in freedom. On September 11th, terrorists tried to destroy all that those who went before us made possible for us. Freedom is too great to take for granted.
As Americans, our ability to work together for our common good, regardless of our economic level, our race, our religion, or our gender is one of the attributes that sets us apart from all others. If we have a problem, we work together to solve it, period. We discuss it, we disagree, we argue, but ultimately, we overcome our differences for the betterment of all of us.
May the Lord continue to bless our country with freedom.
I was in NYC a month later to counsel with the Billy Graham Association. I saw the pile of rubble that was once the twin towers, I smelled the smouldering mangle of steel, concrete, and hundreds of burned offices, I felt small flakes still falling all around.
Today we are remembering those who died so that we can still live in freedom. On September 11th, terrorists tried to destroy all that those who went before us made possible for us. Freedom is too great to take for granted.
As Americans, our ability to work together for our common good, regardless of our economic level, our race, our religion, or our gender is one of the attributes that sets us apart from all others. If we have a problem, we work together to solve it, period. We discuss it, we disagree, we argue, but ultimately, we overcome our differences for the betterment of all of us.
May the Lord continue to bless our country with freedom.
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