Africa June 2011

As usual we have thousands of pics so I just went through and picked out some to share.  Hopefully A and/or Ell will share their experience soon on the blog.  For now, here are the pics and I will give a little commentary.  I will be preparing for VBS which is next week so if you don’t here from me well it is VBS prep time!

Lizzie and Millie are in Mission Friends and part of their curriculum includes Mollie who goes on Mission Trips and reports back.  So, this was Mollie’s first trip to Africa.  Here the girls are helping Melbie get Mollie ready to go.  Sweet Millie prayed for Mollie every night as she prayed for the others.

Putting Mollie away!  This was a great way for the girls to get involved in the trip and feel more a part.The Team ready to leave.  There was one more team member who lives in route to the airport so he is not in this picture.It is hard to let these 2 go!

On the other side of A is Richard who has been the guide every trip. I have shared before that he came to Christ on the second trip there. This was when he picked them up in Africa and had the TX flag on the side of the van!  Texans have a lot of Texas pride so this was big!  I love it!

Mollie finally made it to Africa!  Oh, and Ell too!

And finally in Outapi and ready to serve!

One HAPPY GIRL!!!

 

Seriously we NEED us one of these!!!

The team along with 2 IMB missionaries who met them there for a few days to discuss progress etc.  MM Adair-if you see this I think you will recognize the guy on the front row.  Small world!  (He was a previous boss in Zambia to some missionary friends of ours from Seminary)Mollie was quite the traveler!  I am so glad they got all these pics of Mollie.  The girls think this is great!One of the things they did while they were there is to minister to the ladies at the tree.  If you remember these are the ladies who are staying in these tents right outside the hospital waiting to have their babies.  They come from the bush to wait.The team took them fruit and bread and riceThese are some shots from VBS.  Love the Hawaiin shorts in Africa!  Beach Blast was the theme!Elleigh “fighting” with Erastus’ son.  Erastus is the pastor of the church there.  LOVE this!

This girls is in her element!

Serving the ladies at the tree…The line of people waiting to be servedIf this doesn’t scream NEED and make you want to jump on a plane now I am not sure anything will….  Sorry there is not a lot of order to these.  Playing games at VBSBuying fruit for the ladies at the treeHands of service.  I love this shot!Elleigh at VBS.  She taught 32 second graders alone!  They loved her and called her a beautiful princess!  That made teaching pretty easy I am sure!  She is our beautiful princess!

I AM IN LOVVVVVVEEEEE with this picture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Yes, he is a little crazy!And he is mine!A preaching with Erastus interpretingThe little girl in the red boots was my buddy when I went.  SO glad to still see her in church!I think white man is trying to dance!!!3 of my favorite people!I wanted to share this pic.  Both of these men are members of our church.  Brian is on the left and he serves in SO many ways and is so humble.  He has had Type 1 Diabetes since he was a child and was blind for 2 years because of it.  The Lord restored his sight!  Truly a miracle!  Jeff is on the right and he is a cowboy (actually the one A spent the day with in a previous post).  Jeff grew up Catholic and has only been a Christian for a few years.  Brian was also a Cowboy for years before he lost his sight.  Now he has no peripheral vision.  The reason I share all this is because these 2 men may seem like the least likely people to go to Africa on a mission trip but this shows you God can use us all and I am thankful for these men from small town, Texas answering the call!This is what you hope to see when you get off a flight and need a ride!  A would not want me to say this but I am very proud of him.  I have heard over and over since they got back what a great leader he is.  It is not easy to coordinate and lead a foreign mission team of 13 people.  He is a leader and God had blessed him with those gifts to lead and I am thankful that he is in a capacity to be able to use those in a lot of ways.  As tiring as it may be for him and as much as at times I wish he wasn’t so busy I am thankful for the opportunities for him.

Look for more to come from A and Ell!  That is if I can get them to cooperate!