I thought I would pass this on from Mark Batterson. He's a local pastor and writer.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Kenya Project
We had a meeting last Tuesday about the Kenya project that our church has been talking about and working on since last April. Back in May we realized we needed to take a fact finding trip to meet with Nairobi Gospel Centre, the church we are working with. So we met to begin working out some of the details for that trip which we plan to take in November.
Here's the genesis story for those of you who haven't heard it. We had a leader in our church, who after reading Kay Warren's book Dangerous Surrender last winter, had a God-given dream of serving children in Africa who had been orphaned by AIDS. Our staff and her small group began praying about the dream God had given her. The Polaroid of that dream became a little clearer last April when a small team of three went to Kenya to do children's ministry training.
I asked the team to be sensitive to God's leading while they were there. I felt strongly that it was not by coincidence that they were going to Africa just as we were talking about how to help orphans there.
They were there for a week and looked and prayed everyday for God to show them something about this dream. And then, on their second to the last day God did something amazing. He introduced them to some women who had had the same exact dream. Here's the link to the team's blog and the post they posted that literally left me in tears at God's awesome power: http://kenyamission2009.blogspot.com/2009/04/this-is-our-last-contact-from-kenya.html
And so in November another team, of which I am honored to be a part of, will go back to Nairobi to meet with church leaders to discuss plans, details and to pray about how to help the orphans in that community. My prayer for myself, our church and the people in Kenya is that God would break our hearts for the things that break His.
This is a 12 year project, broken into 3 year phases. It's going to require a lot of time, work, expertise and of course money. If you want to be a part of it, join us. You need not be a part of the FCBC family to join in.
I can't wait to read this verse a year from now: “Come and see what God has done. See what amazing things he has done for people.” Psalm 66:5 (ICB)
Here's the genesis story for those of you who haven't heard it. We had a leader in our church, who after reading Kay Warren's book Dangerous Surrender last winter, had a God-given dream of serving children in Africa who had been orphaned by AIDS. Our staff and her small group began praying about the dream God had given her. The Polaroid of that dream became a little clearer last April when a small team of three went to Kenya to do children's ministry training.
I asked the team to be sensitive to God's leading while they were there. I felt strongly that it was not by coincidence that they were going to Africa just as we were talking about how to help orphans there.
They were there for a week and looked and prayed everyday for God to show them something about this dream. And then, on their second to the last day God did something amazing. He introduced them to some women who had had the same exact dream. Here's the link to the team's blog and the post they posted that literally left me in tears at God's awesome power: http://kenyamission2009.blogspot.com/2009/04/this-is-our-last-contact-from-kenya.html
And so in November another team, of which I am honored to be a part of, will go back to Nairobi to meet with church leaders to discuss plans, details and to pray about how to help the orphans in that community. My prayer for myself, our church and the people in Kenya is that God would break our hearts for the things that break His.
This is a 12 year project, broken into 3 year phases. It's going to require a lot of time, work, expertise and of course money. If you want to be a part of it, join us. You need not be a part of the FCBC family to join in.
I can't wait to read this verse a year from now: “Come and see what God has done. See what amazing things he has done for people.” Psalm 66:5 (ICB)
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