Thursday, July 21, 2011
Colombia Trip Testimony
Spring Break Mission Trip to Colombia
Worship
Ministry
Adults
Students
Radical Responses
First in a series of reports on Spring Break mission trips to England and Colombia.
Reporting on answered prayers during the trip to England. Answers are below bolded. Prayer Directives for England “TOGETHER Mission” Thank you for praying for us on our mission trip. Here is how God answered your prayers! We are traveling in two groups. Pray that we both arrive safely and on time. The group traveling through Atlanta has a 50 minute layover to get to their connecting flight to Manchester. This includes: Keva, Chris, Cindy, Anna, Ashton, Amy, Liz, Carson, Robert, Steven, Michael and Connor. Please pray there will be no delays and that all of our luggage arrives when we do. We all arrived safely, on time and with all of our luggage. Health and safety during the trip – we have a ...
Dear Prayer Warriors: We sense your presence with us in Cambodia. We marvel at God’s work in the hearts of the people here. Sunday we bumped along to FUMC O-Khmom, a two-hour drive from Battambang. It takes an hour and 15 minutes to travel the last 16 miles. Their church leaders accompanied us, having been with us since Thursday evening. The O-Khmom children surprised us by lining up along the church driveway to greet us. After worship and dinner on the grounds, we confirmed the registration of 80 students for the night school. The purpose of the school is to teach all ages how to read using the Bible as the basic curriculum. Many of the village children are unable to attend public school because no transportation is ...
Friday One observation that I have made here is that Central Methodist church (our main host church) has a lot of activities throughout the week for the children. They get over 100 in attendance total. However, the parents are not staying . They drop off their children and then return and pick up at the end of the session. Please pray that these young parents will come to know Christ through their children. The volunteers at the church are all older members and eventually they will no longer be able to help. When this generation is gone, sadly the church will be no more. In America, we are not far behind. Jeff keeps reminding the youth that it is up to their generation to keep the church alive. We are only one generation removed from ...