Hello everyone!! Our team is almost one week away from embarking on an incredible journey. On Tuesday, June 22nd, we will be leaving out of Greensboro International Airport at 6:15 a.m. where there will be a connecting flight from Washington, D.C. to Ethiopia and then on to the capital city of Harare in Zimbabwe. It will be a long 24 hour flight, so please keep us in your prayers as we change planes, keep up with luggage, deal with jet lag, etc. Please also pray that none of the aid items will be "confiscated" by airport security during our layovers. We will spend most of our time upon arrival at the Hands of Hope feeding stations, residential homes and preschools. At these places, we will spend time loving on the children as well as the "Aunties" (caregivers). If you would like to know more about the Hands of Hope organization, check out their website at http://www.hohafrica.org/index.html.
During our 15 day stay, we will be residing in Shalom, a home purchased by Westover. The home is presently empty due to a hold up in bureaucratic paperwork. The home was housing 0-2 yr old orphans who have been removed for the time being. Please pray that the Lord will open the necessary doors for Shalom to soon become a running home for these small and precious children.
We are extremely excited and grateful for the opportunity to be the hands and feet of Jesus. We hope that the light of the Lord is able to shine through us so that others may see Him. The Bible says, "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress..." James 1:27. Our team looks forward to working with this organization and would like to ask that you please keep us in your prayers!
We hope to update our blog every two to three days to let all of our followers know how the Lord is using us. Please feel free to post some words of encouragement in response to our blogs! :)
Zim Team 10
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