Getting geared up to go!

Eleven days and counting!  Chuck Altig, Liz Jordan, and Lynne Worcester are in the final countdown in preparation to head to Kenya, where we will join up with our team leader, Rick Calenberg.  We have been poked (with immunizations) and pilled to pieces, but in the end, thankful that our Savior is truly the one who is our shield and defender - MUCH better protection than a vaccine!

For those who don't know the details, here's the scoop:

May 24 through June 10, our team of four will be heading to Kenya to share encouragement, instruction, and their lives with Kenyans.  The team consists of Rick Calenberg, Chuck Altig, Lynne Worcester, Liz Jordan, and Steve Turner (Steve has done short-term ministry with SIM in Kenya). 

The main focus of the trip began as one of encouragement and accountability from the Omega class to Elizabeth Mumbi Kiende.  Elizabeth cares for orphans in Kitale, and for years the Omega class has provided food for the children through monthly donations.  Time for a visit!

Since the inception of the trip, several new opportunities have opened up. 

·         We will also be working with Steve Turner, the co-founder of Uzima Outreach and Intervention (www.uzimaoutreachandintervention.org) in the Kawangware slum of Nairobi, sharing Christ with addicts, orphans, and street women, as well as loving, encouraging and teaching wherever we can.

·         Chuck and Lynne will be assisting Rick as he leads two Roman's Project Pastor's Conferences (Chuck will be teaching).

·         In Kitale, besides visiting Elizabeth and the orphans, we will also spend time with TanJed Orphanage and Pastor David Mutei, loving, encouraging, and assisting.

·         Lynne will be carrying encouragement and supplies to Webuye and the AOET offices (www.aoetusa.com), teaching in the Empowerment Center, and loving on her daughter and son-in-law, Andrea and Jonathan Dowell, who have made AOET and Webuye their home for this season.

The team would very much appreciate your prayer support.

·         For safe travel and health

·        that they would easily pass through customs with hundreds of Roman's Project  MP3 players

·         For wisdom as we teach and minister the word

·         For God's hand of protection as we work in the slums

·         For endurance and stamina to walk through every door the Lord opens

·         For wisdom to know how God would have us respond to the needs we see

·         We thank the Lord that most of the needed funding has come in

Thank you for standing with us in prayer as we head to Africa as ambassadors of Christ.