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Archive for 2010

Chile Earthquake Relief

Buenos Dias! Here in Pichilemu Chile it is a beautiful morning and shortly we will be headed out to Espinillo to work. Espinillo is a rural town of about 40 people about an hour’s drive on mostly dirt roads from Pichilemu. This where we have been working on building 4 houses alongside some local pastors [...]

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

Our Last Update from Angola

We are truly winding down here and preparing for our re-entry back to the United States. We said tearful goodbyes to our dear friends in Sumbe yesterday and drove to the capital city, Luanda where we will spend our last six days in Angola. It seemed like most of the church was there to see [...]

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Missions Conference

Another week has come and gone and this one was the busiest one yet, due in part to the missions conference we had here at the church. More about that in a moment. Riaan, Fipi and Lori continued the discipleship classes, teaching on things like relationship with God and surrendering rights. The students have been [...]

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

A Week Called Crazy

What a crazy week we had, so hang on for the ride while we try to tell you all about it without turning this post into a book. It started with us as a team taking on a more active role in planning the outreach activities. We had a team meeting on Sunday and worked [...]

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

African Soccer Championship

Boa Noite (that’s “Good evening” for all the non-Portuguese speaking among us) from Sumbe. Yes, we are back “home” in Sumbe after spending the last week in Benguela. It was our most intense week to date, bringing both great difficulty and great reward. As we mentioned last week, the living conditions (sleeping quarters, food, restroom [...]

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

YWAM Benguela

Dear Friends, We are doing well. Right now we are at the YWAM base in Benguela. The Africa Cup of Nations football tournament began today in Angola.  Our team is here in Benguela preparing to do a week of ministry and outreach at the games this week. These games are already tainted by tragedy. On Friday, [...]

Sunday, January 10th, 2010