#1: Africa on the Horizon - Preparing to Go

Robin, 100% Deet, Grace, Pants, Brent, Tylenol, Skirts (for some of us), Rain Jackets, Melissa, Beads, Construction Paper, Smiley Faces, Unity, Microphone, Anticipation, Paper Noses, Holy Spirit, Prayers, Eyes, Bibles, Puzzles, Elva, Vacation Bible School Lessons, Mike, Sunscreen, and the Armies of the Living God.

What do the words on this list have in common? They are all going to Africa. In preparation for Africa, Vacation Bible School Lessons and Crafts have been put together by Debbie and Robin -- the rest of the team had the priviledge to join in the festivities by putting all their hard work into baggies.

Also in preparation, the team and many of you from Beach Cities Calvary, helped us host a Worship Concert to partner together in praying, sending, and worshiping together to ask the Lord to lead our trip Into Africa. Whereas there are movies about coming Out Of Africa, the blogs in these next few weeks will be about us going Into Africa. You'll learn daily what to pray for and read the stories of what God is doing in our midst.

So many of you have helped in so many ways. Some seen and some unseen. But know that our God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Your efforts have not gone unseen or unrewarded by Jesus.

Please watch the video in the link provided in this Blog so that you can pray WITH US for the REAL people and faces we will encounter. Until I watched the video about REAL people, it was only an idea, a word-Africa. Now, they are real people, with real pain; REAL hopelessness. We have seen a great Light. That Light is Jesus. We are asking Him to SHINE through us, that these very real hearts, would be open to a VERY REAL SAVIOR.

Please pray to that end.
Waiting and Watching--
Elva on behalf of The Journey of Five Missionaries (Brent, Mike, Robin, Melissa, and me)

Prayer is not preparation for the work. PRAYER IS THE WORK! (Oswald Chambers)

PLEASE PRAY!!! WATCH THE VIDEO NOW! http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/156934/