Medical Training Expedition

Our Medical Training Expedition begins TOMORROW! Along with a special ministry guest flown in from the States, our team is going out to do a 4 day basic first aid, water purification, food safety, wound care and personal hygiene course. But it doesn't stop there...

*Daily discipleship teachings in the Word will be taking place
*The Jesus Film will be brought to 2 different villages
*Some of our team will be overseeing the current church building going up in our host village

And...
We will be setting foot in a new village that we have never been to before, developing relationship and bringing the light of the Gospel! We are looking at a jam-packed expedition, and we couldn't be more excited!

Please cover us in your prayers as we head out into the mountains.

"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the Lord Your God...

I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' and the the south, 'Do not hold them back.' Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth- everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made...

I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from Me there is no savior. I have revealed and saved and proclaimed..."

Isaiah 43:2-3a, 6-7, 12a

Over the River and Through the Bush

Excerpts from our June Newsletter- Plus a few extras :)

Pics taken from our Bike Expedition

It's laundry/dish washing time down at the river! What color is the water that you wash your dishes with?

These children are a part of a village that had 2 deaths and 196 homes destroyed during the rainy season in the past few months.

The Mahale Mountains served as backdrop for much our time out there.

 Lord, Your beauty is breathtaking!

The bucket inside the canoe at this river crossing, quickly became our best friend, as they bailed out the rush of incoming water during our crossing.

Just your typical 9-5 job right???

We were quickly losing daylight, after encountering many more arduous river crossings than expected, and we still hadn't made it to our destination. "Home Sweet Home" for the night.

This guy is responsible for puncturing the engine (crankcase) of our bike, during John's fall- thank God it didn't catch his leg when he went down.

And just when you are beginning to allow yourself to dream of a hot shower and a bed...

Bike out of commission, just 30 minutes away from home, as we were heading back from a long 10 hrs of driving. Just glad it wasn't any further away. 

There is the lovely hole from the rock. 

At the end of the day, the dirt and the smile say it all. 

Thank you all for your prayers!

After...

*24 hours total driving on our bikes

*8 river crossings- 4 by putting our motorcycles and 
4 by CARRYING them through the rivers

*1 sprained knee

*1 leg with 2nd degree burns

*1 puncture in our engine (crankcase)

*2 flat tires

*countless mosquito bites

... the expedition was a success!