Well, the kids are all in bed (finally!) and the suitcases are all packed. Our family leaves at 6:30 tomorrow (Monday) morning on an Evangelistic Medical Mission Crusade with Victor. We like to travel with him once a year so that the kids can see what their Dad does everytime he leaves home on a crusade and also to give them an opportunity to minister to others. It has been quite a week just getting back from Milwaukee and then getting the entire family ready for a crusade!
Zach, our summer volunteer, will be travelling with the family, as will Rosa, who serves as cook at Refuge Ranch and on the crusades. Ashleigh and Pati will be staying back at the ranch to have a week of a slightly slower pace. Emily and Holly, two Wisconsin college students studying in the medical field, arrived today to participate on the crusade. Granted, they arrived minus their luggage, which got lost, but we have sent another Fishers of Men volunteer to the airport tonight to pick up the missing suitcases.
This crusade will take place in the city of Oaxaca, which is the capital of the state of Oaxaca. We will be ministering specifically to families and children who live and work at the city dump just outside the city limits. The city of Oaxaca is a four to six hour drive from our home. You can see on the map where we live and the state of Oaxaca.
Please pray for the following:
-Ashleigh's health - she has been suffering from some mystery ear/throat/jaw pain and is quite sick of being sick!
-for our family and the team's safety and effectiveness while on the crusade
-for the $4000 needed yet to pour the reinforced concrete wall in the lower level addition to the main house here at Refuge Ranch
4 comments:
Very interesting experient for me. I have never participated in blogging. But I will try. Am always interested in your family's activities and will know better how to pray for you.
Praying for you in Michigan!!! I can't wait to hear all that God accomplishes and how he uses each of you. He even has plans to use Little Ana and Ruth this week to build his kingdom.
I am praying for you! I was in Oaxaca in 2004 -
it was one of the greatest times of my life! I miss a little girl named Liz, who attnded the church we helped with. This was in Nochixtlan, Oaxaca. If you meet anyone from there, give them my greeting in Jesus!
Julia, it was great to meet you, your family, Kat and others at the NACCC confwerence in Milwaukee. Sharon and I hope to be able to "keep in touch".
May God bless your upcoming ministry.
Jim and Sharon Powell ?Happy Life Childrens Home.
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