They are on their way

Today Shannon and Collin flew out with Rev. Debra and the rest of the team for Tanzania. They will fly 9 hours to Amsterdam, then have a 3 hour layover. Then they will fly in another plane 10 hours to Kilamanjaro. They will stay overnight there, then a 2 hour puddle jumper plane will get them to Mwanza. After just one day of rest in Mwanza they will travel for a full day to get to Maisome Island located on Lake Victoria. There they will spend 5 days with no electricity ministering to the people of the island. Then they will return by an 8 hour boat ride back to Mwanza. Rev. Debra, Pastor Richard(of Mwanza), Shannon and Collin have one day with the government authorities there to spend looking at land for the ministry and interim housing for our family while the construction takes place.

Right now, we need prayer for several things. First and most immediate is for safe and comfortable travel for the team. We also need favor with the government officials. I am aware of a ministry that was given 50 acres of land by the government of Ethiopia, to build on. That same ministry really struggled to get their land in Tanzania though. We are needing to get the right land at a great price. Please pray that the authorities can catch a glimpse of our vision and see what a good thing it will be for Mwanza. Also, for finances. We received many financial gifts towards this trip but much of the cost did end up on a credit card. We have a car we are wanting to sell that would help with that. We had a buyer lined up, then turned down another . The first ended up backing out and the second found a diferent car. Please pray for a buyer for that car to come through.

I will try to keep posting here with their itinerary and anything I hear from them by email. I am not expecting to hear much, if anything, from them until next Tuesday.