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 

Global Capacity News, August 2012

'Help Save a Baby's Life' Financial Goal is Reached   We are thrilled to announce that our financial goal for the 'Help Save a Baby's Life' campaign has been reached! You may remember that we were raising money for our student Jeanette's unborn baby boy. Jeanette is HIV-positive and due at the end of September. Our hope is to give the baby a chance at a full life by taking certain measures to block the transmission of the virus to him. Measures include: taking antiretroviral drugs, having a C-section delivery, and formula-feeding after he is born.  You can read more about what we raised money for here.  Thanks to the support of our generous donors, we are able to provide Jeanette with everything we set out to give her. We will see her in Rwanda later this month and will be bringing supplies with us and training her on baby care.  Thank you to all who gave and have showed concern for Jeanette and her baby!  Student Spotlight: Thierry  Thierry has just completed his second trimester of Secondary 5 (11th grade). He enjoys being part of the choir and traditional dance team at church and  is thankful for all Global Capacity has done for him. Studying construction is his dream. He is excited for the opportunities this section will offer him for his future. Thierry loves to draw and hopes to attend University after Secondary school for architecture or engineering. He is thankful to put his natural talents of drawing towards his future. Many times in his younger years his drawing is what enabled him to earn money for food. Although this gave him some finances to live his heart was to continue school. He stopped drawing so he could attend school. He completed his Secondary 5 yearly project. You can see his blue print drawing in the photo above. Without the support of Global Capacity he would never have been able to have the tools to complete this project in a good way. These tools paid for by his sponsors will not only enable him to do well in school but they will also help in obtaining work afterwards. Here in Rwanda, having the tools of your trade go a long way in obtaining employment.

Helpful Resources What We Do Monthly Plans Marketplace Parties Online Donations Unicef/Rwanda Upcoming Events August 19 - 29: Summer trip to Rwanda [Matthew Heinz and Joe Knight] September 3: Third trimester begins for our students Fall Events: Rwandan Marketplace Parties About Global Capacity Global Capacity is a nonprofit organization with the mission of improving lives in Rwanda, Africa through agriculture, business, and education initiatives. Our main focus is the Right2School program, which provides scholarships for secondary and vocational school for extremely poor children in the village of Akindege. Our hope is for education to be the means of equipping students for community development and for changing the cycle of poverty in their lives. Contact Us Comments & Questions Unsubscribe