Thursday, January 17, 2008

Here we go!

A team of 16 people from the Vineyard plus one person from Back2Back and one person (Emmanuel Itapson) from Self Sustaining Enterprises (SSE) will be travelling to Nigeria January 18-27 to commission the drilling enterprise that our Luke 4 commitments have established.
Brian Hitchcock, SSE's Executive Director, travelled to Nigeria in early January to oversee the local staff and transportation of the rig in preparation for our arrival. Once in Nigeria, we'll be working with long-term Back2Back missionaries Emilee & Jason Munafo.

Dave Workman and Kande Wilson are leading this team who will assist in the preparations in the village receiving a well during our stay, as well as support the work being done in area orphanages. We will also deliver over 100 of the orphan care kits that were prepared by SOS and Cincy Kids students in the summer of 2007.

Prayer - the most important part of our trip preparation!

  1. Drill Rig. That it arrives safely and in time for our trip. (It shipped from Thailand November 17 and should arrive any day now!)
  2. Smooth Travel. That any obstacles to family or work arrangements would be smoothed out and that all flights and connections would go as planned (and safety, of course).
  3. God's Faithfulness & Our Response. We believe that God is speaking clearly through this mission and through this particular team that he wants to reveal to us more of who he is as Jehovah Jireh - the God who sees the needs of this world and then provides. Our hope is to press into what this means for the H2O: Nigeria mission, as well as for our personal lives.
  4. Team Members & their Families - to keep healthy and safe during and after travel.
    Please partner with this team by prayer with us through these items. The more people we have participating with us, even though they aren't getting on a plane, the better!

Kande Wilson

Pastor/ Sr. DirectorEvangelism & World Missions

4 comments:

Dean said...

Excellent guys. This is probably my favorite-est part of the Luke 4 Challenge, and can't wait to see a report of the well being dug, and all of the results of being obedient to God's call.

We'll definitely be praying for you!

Joe said...

Go Team!

Tabitha : ) said...

Kande and all!

Can't wait to see pictures, videos and hear about the culture, the experiences and the miracles He's providing.

Praying for you!

Peace,
Tabitha

Beth said...

Good luck to all of you! I can't wait to hear about and see all the picture of the good that you're doing. I'll miss you Becky but know I'll hold down the fort while your gone. Have a great time and do good!