PREPARING FOR TAKEOFF....HIS WAY!

This week Nancy and I received our checklist for the Wheels for the World Trip from Joni & Friends.  Our airline tickets will be purchased this coming week and we are officially leaving for Uganda on June 25th.  We have begun reading together a daily devotional entitled "Before You Go" which is 40 days of preparation for a short term missions trip.  According to the author Jack Hempfling, preparation for a short term mission trip involves three things:  1) preparation of the body; 2) preparation of the mind; and  3) preparation of the heart.  He points out that while the first two are important, " there is nothing that will affect the success of a short term mission team more than the level to which each member is prepared in heart."  It is our desire that we go in His strength, with His anointing and power, to do the work that He has ordained for us to do.  We want to practice the one anothers with our African brothers and sisters, and know that in the sharing of our lives, God's eternal purposes will be accomplished.