On to Africa!!

Greetings from Chicago on route to Brussels! I’m off and running on my next trip and wanted to share with you the 5 W’s:

Where: Rwanda, Ethiopia, Burundi

When: May 19^th – June 5^th

Who: Greg, Ryan, a mission’s pastor from Austin will be joining us the whole trip; Ernie, my father will be joining us in Ethiopia;

Why: Rwanda- field/ site visit, time there with a organization who does peace and reconciliation, visit an FH microenterprise starting company; Ethiopia- Africa Regional Conference where all the country directors and lead staff come together yearly for time of relationship, sharing of work, strategy for the upcoming year, etc; Burundi- further continue relationship with the President and how FH can walk with the Burundi government, attend a leadership seminar put on by one of our Board members

How can you Pray:

1. Traveling protection: for the plane, vehicles, luggage arrival, anywhere our feet and hands touch

2. I have many friends in Rwanda and I want to be an encouragement to all of them as well as a vehicle they can use to discuss anything. I will need emotional and spiritual wisdom

3. Spiritual covering as we visit genocide areas in Rwanda and as the Peace and Reconciliation discussions happen for openness, honesty, and unity for the people of Rwanda

4. Time of rest and renewal in Ethiopia for FH staff, that FH global staff can be a blessing to those around, unity and crucial strategies that are Holy Spirit led not man led, for my dad and I to have a great time together J

5. Travel to and around Burundi, the country in the capital, Bujumbura, has been unstable lately, conflicts and deaths have taken place, safety while in unstable country and wisdom to how to continue to partner with government

Thanks for your faithfulness. Its fun to hear from you guys also, so if you have a minute please say hi. Also, for those that do not know, I will not be returning right back to the US from Africa. We are having a board meeting in Oxford at the end of June, I will be running point for this and such it is easier for me and more cost effective for me to be in country instead. I will be living in Oxford from June 4^th till July 1^st. I will send info once I get settled in there but just wanted you all to know.

Singapore & the Philippines

Greetings from my blog.....

I don't know how well this will turn out but i hope that it works!
I have just arrived in Singapore where i will be until Sunday before heading to the Philippines. We are hear to spend time with some Global Resource Development people as well as a potential Board member. In the Philippines were are going to the Food for the Hungry International Family Reunion. If you remember from last year this is a time for all those leaders in FHI to come together for a 3 day conference. Some things you can pray for:

• Safety as we travel: Airplanes, taxi's, vehicles, luggage arrival, flight delays, etc
  
• Good meeting with the potential Board member: clarity on both ends on whether to move forward in the relationship
• Unity amongst the Family: focus on what God has done and best practices as oppose to opinion on how things can be done differently
• Physical Strength & Wellness: Greg is just coming back from Bolivia, sleep deprivation, protection from sickness
• Also i will be leaving a day early to attend a friends wedding, so please pray that i am coherent and alive when i get there (I'm actually in the wedding so....)
  

I think that's all for now. I will try to add more to my page, but i am new at this so please bare with me. Thanks!

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