We have been a few years without traveling adventure, though we are currently ramping up to take another adventure together for the Kingdom!! Stella has been working with a charity called "Apple of His Eye Charity" (AHEC), affectionately referred to by us as "Aww Heck". She has been given responsibility for coordinating mission trips, and leading small teams to India and to Rwanda, which is currently where this charity works.
This year, a trip has been planned for Rwanda, and guess who gets to go? Stella! I've also been asked to go, which was an easy yes for me as well. Stella will be the team coordinator and I will be helping with video and photography for interviews. Ive also been told that I will be preaching. Not so used to being the one who preaches, so please be praying with me that the Lord will give me the words to speak, and anything that comes from me alone falls on deaf ears. From what I read online, there are some lofty restrictions in Rwanda right now surrounding COVID, so be praying that the Lord makes a way.
Our team leaves on February 1st, so we've got January left to prep for it. Our team is 14 strong at the moment. We will be working with locals to visit families in the community, identify people that need help and doing what we can for them, training people with skills such as welding, sewing, and cooking, helping the local church in any way we can, and of course sharing the gospel as we go.
It is a new world with new restrictions and precautions, so navigating these new obstacles will no doubt be filled with surprises, and stories to tell when we come back. There is an astounding number of COVID tests (7) which each team member will be taking for this trip. Each test is an added expense that we did not originally anticipate. As the COVID requirements go up, our original price for the trip gets more and more inadequate.
As we prepare, Stella has been working hard having team meetings, and raising funding. She had an incredible idea for funding, She and I are selling 5 course Italian Dinners! We go into your kitchen, prepare caprese, fresh pasta with her mother's ragu, cotolette with fire roasted peppers, cesar salad, and tiramisu for dessert! We take care of the dishes and leave the kitchen clean! We even leave the left-overs. This gives us opportunity to spend time with the donors that are making our trip possible and tell them all they want to know about the trip.
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