Being that it is Summer in America - some people find it more convenient to their schedules to come and love and serve and sacrifice and honor some people all the way on the other side of the world (rather then coming in the middle of the year, or during spring break, although sometimes teams come then too). Yay! Yesterday we dropped off one team and today we pick up another. This one will help run a Summer (even though it is Winter here) camp for some fabulous kids in the CSP and then also facilitate a Choose Life Program that will speak to some other kids at various rural schools about making better life choices (mainly about abstinence). So yay them.
Anyways, late last night we received some phone calls and emails that there was some trouble with the flight from Kansas City to DC and one of the team members was sent to the hospital after they landed with much turbulence and anxiety and as of now we believe that she and her mother in law will not be joining us and the rest of the team. We will know more as the day progresses. Please pray for healing and for an assurance as our friend gets to where she needs to be and for assurance for the rest of the team.
This team will be here for 11 days, so please continue to pray for all of us. For safety, wisdom, open hearts, relationships, attitudes, and surrender.
As always, Monday Prayer is an open forum for you to leave your requests and anything else you are thinking about. All are welcome and all will be prayed for.
I also have a team of 6 coming on Fri. to help with an English camp we are doing in Nazareth. Your post reminded me to pray for them as they will be traveling Thursday/Friday from the States to TA, then we will all be traveling up to Nazareth on Sunday.
Will be praying for your team as well!!
Posted by: Maureen | June 30, 2009 at 09:11 AM
I wrote a whole paragraph & realized it was making me cry. I deleted it...obviously.
The short version - I need my house to sell. Quickly. Between the cross country move, family deaths, surgery & pay cut...it needs to go fast.
Thanks.
Posted by: mandy | June 30, 2009 at 06:46 PM
Hey... So... well, this week is a tough week for me - the anniversary of my TOUGH WEEK last summer, in which you were an AMAZING friend to me.
But Drew isn't here. He's on a work trip this week. And I'm getting by. But it's hard. Prayers, please.
xxoo
Posted by: mandythompson | June 30, 2009 at 10:01 PM