Thank you for visiting the blog of our African Adventure. We are a group of Christ followers from Watermark Community Church in Dallas, TX. We are your typical 25-40 year old young adult living in Dallas who work in the areas of teaching, IT, marketing, sales, etc. While our jobs might be different, we have one thing in common: a desire to demonstrate Christ's love by serving the less fortunate in Africa & sharing of the freedom we have found in Jesus Christ.
Our adventure runs from July 11 through July 29 in the small African country of Burundi. Burundi is located near the Congo & Rwanda & was at the center of the 1990's genocide (think "Hotel Rwanda"). We are partnering with ALARM (Africa Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries) for the purpose of helping them further their mission of “empowering African pastors and other leaders to bring hope and transformation to their communities”. We hope to accomplish this by building a medical clinic, doing sports outreach & VBS for the children.
Why are we going? With the influx of refugees from neighboring countries, the village where we are working has increased from 20,000 to 80,000 & the need for medical care far outweighs the clinic's resources. By ministering to their medical needs, we trust that this will open doors for us to share about the freedom we have found in Christ. With the history of war & genocide in Burundi, God's message of freedom & forgiveness is needed to transform hearts & lives.
Our plan is to call home daily using a satellite phone to give you updates. I hope you come back & visit our blog often & track with us as we experience God working through us on our Africa adventure.
PRAYER REQUESTS
* Safe travel
* All the luggage would make it to Burundi
* Team unity
Our adventure runs from July 11 through July 29 in the small African country of Burundi. Burundi is located near the Congo & Rwanda & was at the center of the 1990's genocide (think "Hotel Rwanda"). We are partnering with ALARM (Africa Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries) for the purpose of helping them further their mission of “empowering African pastors and other leaders to bring hope and transformation to their communities”. We hope to accomplish this by building a medical clinic, doing sports outreach & VBS for the children.
Why are we going? With the influx of refugees from neighboring countries, the village where we are working has increased from 20,000 to 80,000 & the need for medical care far outweighs the clinic's resources. By ministering to their medical needs, we trust that this will open doors for us to share about the freedom we have found in Christ. With the history of war & genocide in Burundi, God's message of freedom & forgiveness is needed to transform hearts & lives.
Our plan is to call home daily using a satellite phone to give you updates. I hope you come back & visit our blog often & track with us as we experience God working through us on our Africa adventure.
PRAYER REQUESTS
* Safe travel
* All the luggage would make it to Burundi
* Team unity
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