Africa Trips & Shotgun Raffles & All That Good Stuff

Well....I'm off to Ghana in the morning! It has been a whirlwind over the past month or so between missions conferences and Encounter the Cross weekends and some travel here in Texas......and now, I leave in the morning for the first Bible teaching I'll be a part of in Africa. I'm so excited!!!! There are three people going with me and we'll do Bible teaching plus feed children in villages while doing outreaches. How much fun! I'm especially excited about the Bible teaching.....I believe this is absolutely vital to seeing people and nations transformed from the ground up. The Bible tells us that in the Word their lies the power to divide between flesh and spirit. The flesh is where all corruption and eniminity towards God lies.....While the spirit of a man/woman longs after God. The absolute greatest hope of seeing cycles of violence, corruption, and poverty end in Africa is to establish a foundation of the Word of God in the hearts of every man and woman. I am so blessed to have this opportunity to be a part of doing this very thing. To partner that with the village outreaches of actually meeting practical needs is amazing. God is awesome to allow me to be a part of this!

So, as many of you know my life group leaders here in Lubbock are also in the midst of helping me raise money for the move to Africa by holding a Shotgun Raffle.....I love West Texas!

Here's the wild thing......Royce and Jennifer (who have organized this raffle) are going with me to Ghana. So in the middle of this fundraiser we are all leaving the country for a couple of weeks. You really have to trust that God is in control of a thing to be able to leave in the middle of it!!!! I believe that God is going to use our awesome friends who have committed to help with this raffle to be able to get all the tickets sold while we are gone!!!!

Here's a flyer about the raffle for those of you who want to know more. When we get back we'll choose where to hold the drawing.....I'll be sure and put up a post once we know where the drawing will be......I do know the date is Dec. 6.

I hope I can get stable computer access in Ghana....if so the next time I have a posting, I'll be writing from Africa!!