Please pray for our 2012 trip!

Pray-ers:

As you probably know, Global Capacity’s annual trip to Rwanda begins next week. Joe Knight (a board member and program committee chair) and I are headed there on Sunday, August 19. We will be there for 1 ½ weeks, returning on Wednesday, August 29.  We’ll be staying at a motel in Kigali, which is about a ten minute motorcycle ride from Akindege, which is the village we work in. 

I am encouraged by Colossians 2:6-7 today:

And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.

I pray that our roots will grow deep into Jesus and that our lives will be built on Him. 

Below is a rough agenda so you know what we plan to be doing each day. This is subject to change of course, but it should give you a good idea about our purposes and goals for the trip.

Agenda:

Sun, Aug 19 – Leave Washington Dulles at 11 am

Mon, Aug 20 – Arrive Kigali at 12 pm; stop by Akindege; get settled in Kigali

Tues, Aug 21 – Akindege: program planning with staff (Yvonne and Michael); student and family visitation

Wed, Aug 22 – Akindege: program planning with staff; buy handmade goods at the Market for our Marketplace Parties; student and family visitation

Thurs, Aug 23 – Akindege: staff development; student and family visitation

Fri, Aug 24 – Gitarama (town) and Bukomero (village): Visit the Umuryango Boys’ Home and Azizi Life

Sat, Aug 25 – Akindege: take pictures; host student workshop give out third trimester supplies

Sun, Aug 26 – Stay in Kigali, visit Genocide Memorial; do laundry; rest

Mon, Aug 27 – Akindege: finish up program and staff discussions; train our pregnant student Jeanette on baby care

Tues, Aug 28 – Leave Kigali at 4 pm

Wed, Aug 29 – Arrive Washington Dulles at 9 am

General Prayer Requests

That our goals are met

Lots of energy and perseverance

Good health

Wisdom in program planning, staff development, and buying handmade goods

Understanding for Jeanette as we teach her about baby care

Find ways to encourage Yvonne and Michael in the tough circumstances there

Protection

Matthew:

Theresa and Elliott as we are away

Focus on tasks in Rwanda and not work back home

Joe:

This is Joe’s first trip to Africa, so it will be new, exciting, and challenging for him. Pray that he adjusts well to the culture shock and doesn’t miss what God wants to teach him.

Thanks for partnering with us in prayer, it means more than you know!

-Matthew